Test 5 · ★ · Volcanoes and earthquakes up close

Why did the people of Pompeii have so little warning?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: people · What happens: have · To what, where: little warning

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 62 «Volcanoes and earthquakes up close» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 have	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 have	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 people	det
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 have	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Pompeii	case
6	Pompeii	Pompeii	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 people	nmod
7	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 little	advmod
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 warning	amod
10	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 have	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past · do-support	the people of Pompeii	little warning					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Patient

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 · ← Mova's choice

Volcanoes in Roman times erupted without any ash

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Volcanoes	volcano	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 erupted	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 times	case
3	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 times	amod
4	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Volcanoes	nmod
5	erupted	erupt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 ash	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 ash	det
8	ash	ash	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 erupted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	erupt	past	Volcanoes in Roman times					without any ash	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The volcano had been quiet for so long that they did not know it was dangerous

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 volcano	det
2	volcano	volcano	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 quiet	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 quiet	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 quiet	cop
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 long	case
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 long	advmod
8	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 quiet	obl
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 know	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 know	nsubj
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 know	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 know	advmod
13	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 quiet	advcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 dangerous	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 dangerous	cop
16	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past · perfect	the volcano	quiet property	tree rules
2	not know	past · do-support	they		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	past	volcano	dangerous property	tree rules

Option 3

The eruption happened under the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 eruption	det
2	eruption	eruption	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happened	nsubj
3	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past	the eruption			the sea			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under sea=Location

Option 4

The volcano was hidden behind clouds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 volcano	det
2	volcano	volcano	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hidden	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hidden	aux:pass
4	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 clouds	case
6	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · passive		the volcano		clouds			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient behind cloud=Location

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