Test 5 · ★ · Clouds, rain, snow and hail

Which is true about a snowflake?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 67 «Clouds, rain, snow and hail» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 snowflake	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 snowflake	det
6	snowflake	snowflake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 true	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about a snowflake; true property	tree rules

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

It is a piece of cloud that fell to the ground in one piece

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 piece	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 piece	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 piece	det
4	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 cloud	case
6	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 piece	nmod
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 fell	nsubj
8	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 piece	acl:relcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 ground	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ground	det
11	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fell	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 piece	case
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 piece	nummod
14	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a piece				of cloud	tree rules
2	fall	past	a piece			one piece		to the ground	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in piece=Location

Option 2

It is a frozen raindrop that is perfectly round like a ball

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 raindrop	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 raindrop	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 raindrop	det
4	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 raindrop	amod
5	raindrop	raindrop	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 round	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 round	cop
8	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	9 round	advmod
9	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 raindrop	acl:relcl
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 ball	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 ball	det
12	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 round	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	freeze	participle				vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is a	present	It	a frozen raindrop		tree rules
3	is	present	a frozen raindrop		like a ball; perfectly, round property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is made of ice crystals with six sides or arms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 crystals	case
5	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crystals	compound
6	crystals	crystal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 sides	case
8	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 sides	nummod
9	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 arms	cc
11	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sides	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		It				of ice crystals; with six sides or arms	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It always has four arms, just like a cross or a plus sign

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 has	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 has	advmod
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 arms	nummod
5	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cross	punct
7	just	just	ADV	_	10 cross	advmod
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 cross	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cross	det
10	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	parataxis
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 sign	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 sign	det
13	plus	plus	ADJ	_	14 sign	amod
14	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cross	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	four arms				always property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient

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