Test 1 · ★ · Storms: thunder, lightning, hurricanes and tornadoes

The wind around a hurricane suddenly drops and the Sun comes out. Why should people stay indoors?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: wind, Sun, people · What happens: drop, come out, stay

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 68 «Storms: thunder, lightning, hurricanes and tornadoes» 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

Sentence 1: The wind around a hurricane suddenly drops and the Sun comes out.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wind	det
2	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drops	nsubj
3	around	around	ADP	_	5 hurricane	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hurricane	det
5	hurricane	hurricane	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wind	nmod
6	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	7 drops	advmod
7	drops	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 comes	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Sun	det
10	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 comes	nsubj
11	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 drops	conj
12	out	out	ADP	_	11 comes	compound:prt
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 drops	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	present	the wind around a hurricane					suddenly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	come out	present	the Sun						vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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.

Sentence 2: Why should people stay indoors?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 stay	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stay	aux
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stay	nsubj
4	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	4 stay	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 stay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	should	people					indoors property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They are in the eye, and the fierce winds will soon return

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 eye	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 eye	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 eye	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eye	det
5	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 return	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 return	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 winds	det
9	fierce	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 winds	amod
10	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 return	nsubj
11	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 return	aux
12	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 return	advmod
13	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 eye	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They			the eye			tree rules
2	return	future	the fierce winds					soon property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The sea is now always calm and safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sea	det
2	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 calm	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 calm	cop
4	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 calm	advmod
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 calm	advmod
6	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 safe	cc
8	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 calm	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the sea				now	always, calm property	tree rules
2	be		the sea not said here						tree rules

Option 3

The storm has ended and gone away for good, so it is safe to go out

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 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ended	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ended	aux
4	ended	end	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 gone	cc
6	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 ended	conj
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 gone	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 good	case
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gone	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 safe	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 safe	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 safe	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 safe	cop
14	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ended	parataxis
15	to	to	PART	_	16 go	mark
16	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 safe	csubj
17	out	out	ADV	_	16 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	end	present · perfect	the storm		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	go away	participle	the storm not said here	for good; away property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for good=Beneficiary
3	is	present	it	safe property	tree rules
4	go out	to-infinitive		out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The eye is the only part that brings floods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 eye	det
2	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 part	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 part	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 part	det
5	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 part	amod
6	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 brings	nsubj
8	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 part	acl:relcl
9	floods	flood	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 brings	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the eye	the only part					tree rules
2	bring	present	the only part	floods					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent flood=Theme

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