--- title: Which is NOT a sign of a coming thunderstorm? — Weather signs and the 30-30 rule · tree and pragmatics description: Which is NOT a sign of a coming thunderstorm? Test 6 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/15-weather-signs/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Weather signs and the 30-30 rule](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/15-weather-signs/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Weather signs and the 30-30 rule Which is NOT a sign of a coming thunderstorm? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** not be, come · **To what, where:** sign This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t6:1 # text = Which is NOT a sign of a coming thunderstorm? 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 NOT not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 amod _ _ 9 thunderstorm thunderstorm NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | present | | a sign | | | | of a coming thunderstorm | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | gerund | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A sudden cool gust of wind ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t6:o1:1 # text = A sudden cool gust of wind 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 gust gust NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Small white fluffy clouds on a calm day ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t6:o2:1 # text = Small white fluffy clouds on a calm day 1 Small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 2 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 fluffy fluffy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Tall dark clouds building up fast in the afternoon ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t6:o3:1 # text = Tall dark clouds building up fast in the afternoon 1 Tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 building build VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build up** | gerund | Tall dark clouds *not said here* | | | | afternoon | fast *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Distant rumbles of thunder ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t6:o4:1 # text = Distant rumbles of thunder 1 Distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 rumbles rumble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rumble** | | thunder | | | | | | nom rumble «event intransitive»: of=agent | **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. 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