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description: On a hike with no buildings near, a storm is overhead. Which is the safest choice? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 15 «Weather signs and the 30-30 rule» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Weather signs and the 30-30 rule

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On a hike with no buildings near, a storm is overhead. Which is the safest choice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** storm · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** hike, safest choice

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 15 «Weather signs and the 30-30 rule» 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/15-weather-signs/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* On a hike with no buildings near, a storm is overhead.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t5:1
# text = On a hike with no buildings near, a storm is overhead.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hike	hike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	near	near	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	overhead	overhead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a storm |  |  | a hike with no buildings |  | overhead *property* | tree rules |

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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:* Which is the safest choice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t5:2
# text = Which is the safest choice?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the safest choice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Stand still in the middle of an open field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t5:o1:1
# text = Stand still in the middle of an open field
1	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	still	still	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the middle of a open field | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in middle=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shelter under the tallest tree you can find

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t5:o2:1
# text = Shelter under the tallest tree you can find
1	Shelter	shelter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	tallest	tall	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | can | you | Shelter under the tallest tree *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shelter=Topic |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Get off high ground and away from tall lone trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t5:o3:1
# text = Get off high ground and away from tall lone trees
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	conj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	lone	lone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get off** | imperative | you *not said here* | high ground |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ground=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Climb to the top of the hill to watch the storm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t5:o4:1
# text = Climb to the top of the hill to watch the storm
1	Climb	climb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the top of the hill |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to top=Destination |
| 2 | **watch** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the storm |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storm=Theme |

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