Test 11 · ★ · Storms: thunder, lightning, hurricanes and tornadoes

how come the eye of a hurricane is all calm

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, eye · What happens: come, be

This is test 11 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 come	advmod
2	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 eye	det
4	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 calm	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 hurricane	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hurricane	det
7	hurricane	hurricane	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eye	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 calm	cop
9	all	all	ADV	_	10 calm	advmod
10	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 come	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	imperative	you not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	the eye of a hurricane					all, calm 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The eye is a calm centre, and the strongest winds are in the wall around it

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 eye	det
2	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 centre	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 centre	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 centre	det
5	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 centre	amod
6	centre	centre	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wall	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 wall	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 winds	det
10	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 winds	amod
11	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 wall	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 wall	cop
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 wall	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wall	det
15	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 centre	nmod
16	around	around	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 wall	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the eye	a calm centre					tree rules
2	is	present	the strongest winds			the wall		around eye	tree rules

Option 2

The eye is where the wind is strongest of all

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	8 strongest	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 strongest	cop
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 strongest	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wind	det
6	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 strongest	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 strongest	cop
8	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 strongest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the eye					of all; strong property	tree rules

Option 3

The storm has already ended when the eye arrives

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	5 ended	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ended	aux
4	already	already	ADV	_	5 ended	advmod
5	ended	end	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 arrives	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 eye	det
8	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 arrives	nsubj
9	arrives	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ended	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	present · perfect	the storm						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	arrive	present	the eye						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The eye is a gap where the storm sucks up the rain

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	5 gap	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 gap	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 gap	det
5	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 sucks	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 storm	det
8	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sucks	nsubj
9	sucks	suck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 gap	acl:relcl
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 sucks	compound:prt
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rain	det
12	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sucks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the eye	a gap					tree rules
2	suck up	present	the storm	the rain					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent rain=Source

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