Test 9 · ★ · "It worked once": one example is not all

What would happen if Chloe hid behind the sofa in a field during a storm?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Chloe · What happens: happen, hide · To what, where: sofa

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 164 «"It worked once": one example is not all» of the world course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 hid	mark
5	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 hid	nsubj
6	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	behind	behind	ADP	_	9 sofa	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sofa	det
9	sofa	sofa	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hid	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 field	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 field	det
12	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hid	obl
13	during	during	ADP	_	15 storm	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 storm	det
15	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hid	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hide a condition, not said to happen	past	Chloe			the sofa	during a storm	in a field	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind sofa=Location

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

She would not be safe; it was the house that protected her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 safe	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 safe	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 safe	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 safe	cop
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 house	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 house	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 house	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 safe	obl
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 protected	nsubj
12	protected	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 house	acl:relcl
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 protected	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	not is	would	She			safe property	tree rules
2	is a	past	it	the house			tree rules
3	protect	past	the house		her = she		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She would be safer than inside a house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 safer	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 safer	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 safer	cop
4	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	8 house	case
6	inside	inside	ADP	_	8 house	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 house	det
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 safer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	She					than a house; safe property	tree rules

Option 3

Lightning only ever strikes sofas that are left outdoors in fields

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 strikes	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	4 strikes	advmod
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 strikes	advmod
4	strikes	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	sofas	sofa	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 strikes	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 left	nsubj:pass
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 left	aux:pass
8	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 sofas	acl:relcl
9	outdoors	outdoors	ADV	_	8 left	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 fields	case
11	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	present	Lightning	sofas			ever		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sofa=Patient
2	leave	present · passive		sofas		fields		outdoors property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in field=Location

Option 4

She would be safe because sofas stop lightning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 safe	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 safe	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 safe	cop
4	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 stop	mark
6	sofas	sofa	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stop	nsubj
7	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 safe	advcl
8	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	She					safe property	tree rules
2	stop	present	sofas	lightning					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality lightning=Eventuality

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