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title: my cousin says on her flight the plane "dropped like 1000 feet" and… — Airports and planes · tree and pragmatics
description: my cousin says on her flight the plane "dropped like 1000 feet" and a lady hit the ceiling cos no seatbelt. what's likely blown up Test 18 · ★ of lesson 271 «Airports and planes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 18 · ★ · Airports and planes

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my cousin says on her flight the plane "dropped like 1000 feet" and a lady hit the ceiling cos no seatbelt. what's likely blown up

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, plane · **What happens:** say, drop, hit, blow up · **To what, where:** plane, ceiling · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 271 «Airports and planes» of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/271-airports-and-planes/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:271-airports-and-planes:t18:1
# text = my cousin says on her flight the plane "dropped like 1000 feet" and a lady hit the ceiling cos no seatbelt. what's likely blown up
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	plane	plane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	1000	1000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
18	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	23	det	_	_
23	seatbelt	seatbelt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	28	punct	_	_
25	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	28	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
27	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
28	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	conj	_	_
29	up	up	ADP	RP	_	28	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **drop** *in a quote* | participle |  | the plane and a lady *not said here* |  |  |  | like 1000 feet | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **hit** | past | the plane and a lady | the ceiling |  |  |  | cos no seatbelt; on cousin's flight | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent ceiling=Instrument on flight=Patient |
| 4 | **blow up** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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That turbulence can come with no warning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:271-airports-and-planes:t18:o1:1
# text = That turbulence can come with no warning
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	turbulence	turbulence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | can | that turbulence |  |  |  |  | with no warning | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The exact huge drop; the lesson is keep your belt on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:271-airports-and-planes:t18:o2:1
# text = The exact huge drop; the lesson is keep your belt on
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the exact huge drop and the lesson |  |  |  |  | keep *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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That the lady wasn't wearing her belt when the plane hit bumpy air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:271-airports-and-planes:t18:o3:1
# text = That the lady wasn't wearing her belt when the plane hit bumpy air
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	plane	plane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
13	bumpy	bumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **wear** | past · progressive | that lady | lady's belt |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent belt=Theme |
| 2 | **hit** | past | the plane | bumpy air |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme air=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That planes have seat belts at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:271-airports-and-planes:t18:o4:1
# text = That planes have seat belts at all
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	planes	plane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	belts	belt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | that planes | seat belts |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belt=Patient |

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