--- title: Thunder comes 3 seconds after a flash. What does this mean? — Weather signs and the 30-30 rule · tree and pragmatics description: Thunder comes 3 seconds after a flash. What does this mean? Test 7 · ★ 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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Weather signs and the 30-30 rule Thunder comes 3 seconds after a flash. What does this mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Thunder, this · **What happens:** come, mean This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Thunder comes 3 seconds after a flash. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t7:1 # text = Thunder comes 3 seconds after a flash. 1 Thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 flash flash NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | Thunder | | | | after a flash; second | | 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. *Sentence 2:* What does this mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t7:2 # text = What does this mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | this | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The lightning struck about 3 km away ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t7:o1:1 # text = The lightning struck about 3 km away 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 km km NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past | the lightning | 3 km | | | | away *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent km=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The lightning struck about 1 km away ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t7:o2:1 # text = The lightning struck about 1 km away 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 km km NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past | the lightning | 1 km | | | | away *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent km=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The storm is very far away ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t7:o3:1 # text = The storm is very far away 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the storm | | | | | away, far *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The storm has already ended ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t7:o4:1 # text = The storm has already ended 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 already already ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 ended end VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end** | present · perfect | the storm | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | **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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