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# Exam question 2 · Weather signs and the 30-30 rule

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the protection afforded by a hard-topped metal car during a thunderstorm?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, afford, top · **To what, where:** protection

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 15 «Weather signs and the 30-30 rule» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/15-weather-signs/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the protection afforded by a hard-topped metal car during a thunderstorm?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	afforded	afford	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
14	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	topped	top	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
17	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:agent	_	_
19	during	during	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	thunderstorm	thunderstorm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the protection |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **afford** | participle |  | the protection *not said here* |  |  | during a thunderstorm |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **top** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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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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Its glass windows repel the lightning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:e2:o1:1
# text = Its glass windows repel the lightning
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	repel	repel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repel** | present | Its glass windows | the lightning |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus lightning=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It affords no protection whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:e2:o2:1
# text = It affords no protection whatsoever
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	affords	afford	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **afford** | present | It | no protection |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Its rubber tyres insulate the occupants entirely from the ground beneath them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:e2:o3:1
# text = Its rubber tyres insulate the occupants entirely from the ground beneath them
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tyres	tyre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	insulate	insulate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	occupants	occupant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insulate** | present | Its rubber tyres | the occupants |  | the ground |  | beneath occupants *= occupant*; entirely *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent occupant=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Its metal body conducts the electrical current around the occupants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:e2:o4:1
# text = Its metal body conducts the electrical current around the occupants
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	conducts	conduct	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	electrical	electrical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	current	current	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	around	around	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	occupants	occupant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conduct** | present | Its metal body | the electrical current |  | the occupants |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent current=Theme around occupant=Destination |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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