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title: Kid in a cartoon floats off holding an umbrella in a gust. What's mo… — Wind and weather · tree and pragmatics
description: Kid in a cartoon floats off holding an umbrella in a gust. What's more likely in real life? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 15 «Wind and weather» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Wind and weather

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Kid in a cartoon floats off holding an umbrella in a gust. What's more likely in real life?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Kid · **What happens:** float off, hold, be · **To what, where:** umbrella, gust, real life

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 15 «Wind and weather» of the physics 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/physics/15-wind-and-weather/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kid in a cartoon floats off holding an umbrella in a gust.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:15-wind-and-weather:t3:1
# text = Kid in a cartoon floats off holding an umbrella in a gust.
1	Kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	floats	float	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	umbrella	umbrella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	gust	gust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float off** | present | Kid in a cartoon |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hold** | gerund | Kid in a cartoon *not said here* | a umbrella |  | a gust |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent umbrella=Theme in gust=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's more likely in real life?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:15-wind-and-weather:t3:2
# text = What's more likely in real life?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | real life |  | likely *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The umbrella becomes a parachute upwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:15-wind-and-weather:t3:o1:1
# text = The umbrella becomes a parachute upwards
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	umbrella	umbrella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	parachute	parachute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
6	upwards	upwards	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | the umbrella | a parachute |  |  |  | upwards *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The wind stops when it touches the umbrella

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:15-wind-and-weather:t3:o2:1
# text = The wind stops when it touches the umbrella
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	touches	touch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	umbrella	umbrella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | the wind |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **touch** | present | wind | the umbrella |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme umbrella=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The umbrella flips inside out and the kid stays put

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:15-wind-and-weather:t3:o3:1
# text = The umbrella flips inside out and the kid stays put
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	umbrella	umbrella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	flips	flip	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flip** | present | the umbrella |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stay** | present | the kid |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **put** | participle | the kid *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The kid flies over the rooftops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:15-wind-and-weather:t3:o4:1
# text = The kid flies over the rooftops
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	flies	fly	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rooftops	rooftop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | present | the kid |  |  | the rooftops |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent over rooftop=Location |

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