--- title: During a storm, the time between flash and bang gets shorter each ti… — Anger and fears · tree and pragmatics description: During a storm, the time between flash and bang gets shorter each time. What does this tell you? 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What does this tell you? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** time, this · **What happens:** get, tell · **To what, where:** you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* During a storm, the time between flash and bang gets shorter each time. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t5:1 # text = During a storm, the time between flash and bang gets shorter each time. 1 During during ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 7 between between ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 flash flash NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 bang bang NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 shorter short ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 xcomp _ _ 13 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | the time between flash and bang | | | | during a storm; time | short *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 tell you? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t5:2 # text = What does this tell you? 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 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | this | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The storm is going away from you fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t5:o1:1 # text = The storm is going away from you fast 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 8 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go away** | present · progressive | the storm | | | | | from you; away, fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from you=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Lightning is slowing down a lot ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t5:o2:1 # text = Lightning is slowing down a lot 1 Lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 slowing slow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slow down** | present · progressive | Lightning | a lot | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The storm is coming closer ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t5:o3:1 # text = The storm is coming closer 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present · progressive | the storm | | | | | close *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The storm has stopped for now ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t5:o4:1 # text = The storm has stopped for now 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stopped stop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | 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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