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title: apparently a kid got hit by lightning inside his house watching tell… — Anger and fears · tree and pragmatics
description: apparently a kid got hit by lightning inside his house watching telly, my cousin said. what's probably just a rumour? Test 19 · ★★ of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 19 · ★★ · Anger and fears

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apparently a kid got hit by lightning inside his house watching telly, my cousin said. what's probably just a rumour?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lightning, house, cousin · **What happens:** hit, watch, say, be · **To what, where:** kid, telly, rumour · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★★ of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» 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/212-anger-and-fears/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t19:1
# text = apparently a kid got hit by lightning inside his house watching telly, my cousin said. what's probably just a rumour?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	hit	hit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	ccomp	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:agent	_	_
8	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	telly	telly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
14	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
18	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	23	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
20	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
21	just	just	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past · passive | lightning inside kid's house | a kid |  |  |  | apparently *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **watch** | gerund | kid's house *not said here* | telly |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent telly=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | a rumour |  |  |  | probably *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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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That flashes come before thunder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t19:o1:1
# text = That flashes come before thunder
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	flashes	flash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	before	before	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | that flashes |  |  | thunder |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before thunder=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That storms can be loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t19:o2:1
# text = That storms can be loud
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	storms	storm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | that storms |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | tree rules |

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

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That; inside a house in a storm you are safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t19:o3:1
# text = That; inside a house in a storm you are safe
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | you | a house in a storm *not said here* |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That lightning is dangerous for people outdoors in a storm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t19:o4:1
# text = That lightning is dangerous for people outdoors in a storm
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	outdoors	outdoors	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that lightning |  |  | a storm |  | for people; dangerous, outdoors *property* | tree rules |

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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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