Test 9 · ★ · Storms: thunder, lightning, hurricanes and tornadoes
A tornado warning is given. Where in a house is the safest place?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: safest place · What happens: give, be · To what, where: tornado warning, house
This is test 9 · ★ 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: A tornado warning is given.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 warning | det |
| 2 | tornado | tornado | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 warning | compound |
| 3 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 given | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 given | aux:pass |
| 5 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | a tornado warning | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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: Where in a house is the safest place?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 house | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 house | det |
| 4 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Where | obl |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Where | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 place | det |
| 7 | safest | safe | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 place | amod |
| 8 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Where | nsubj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Where | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the safest place | a house | where property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
On the top floor near the roof
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 floor | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 floor | det |
| 3 | top | top | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 floor | amod |
| 4 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | near | near | ADP | _ | 7 roof | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 roof | det |
| 7 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 floor | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A small inside room or basement on the lowest floor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 room | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 room | amod |
| 3 | inside | inside | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 room | amod |
| 4 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 basement | cc |
| 6 | basement | basement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 room | conj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 floor | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 floor | det |
| 9 | lowest | low | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 floor | amod |
| 10 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 room | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Outside in the garden, as far away from the walls as you can get
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside | outside | ADV | _ | 4 garden | advmod |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 garden | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 garden | det |
| 4 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 away | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 away | punct |
| 6 | as | as | ADV | _ | 8 away | advmod |
| 7 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 away | advmod |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 walls | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 walls | det |
| 11 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 away | obl |
| 12 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 15 get | mark |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 get | nsubj |
| 14 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 get | aux |
| 15 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 away | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | can | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Next to a big window to watch it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Next | next | ADV | _ | 5 window | advmod |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 window | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 window | det |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 window | amod |
| 5 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 watch | mark |
| 7 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 window | acl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 watch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | to-infinitive | window | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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