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title: Which of the following constitutes appropriate conduct during a thun… — Rain, floods and storms · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following constitutes appropriate conduct during a thunderstorm indoors? Exam question 2 of lesson 235 «Rain, floods and storms» 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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# Exam question 2 · Rain, floods and storms

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Which of the following constitutes appropriate conduct during a thunderstorm indoors?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow · **To what, where:** constitutes

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 235 «Rain, floods and storms» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/235-rain-floods-and-storms/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:e2:1
# text = Which of the following constitutes appropriate conduct during a thunderstorm indoors?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
5	constitutes	constitute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	during	during	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	thunderstorm	thunderstorm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  | constitutes |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent constitute=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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One stands by an open window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:e2:o1:1
# text = One stands by an open window
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | One |  |  |  |  | by a open window | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by window=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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One uses a corded telephone freely throughout the storm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:e2:o2:1
# text = One uses a corded telephone freely throughout the storm
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	corded	cord	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	freely	freely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | One | a corded telephone |  |  | throughout the storm | freely *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent telephone=Patient |
| 2 | **cord** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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One bathes, since water is entirely safe indoors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:e2:o3:1
# text = One bathes, since water is entirely safe indoors
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bathes	bathe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
9	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bathe** | present | One |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | water |  |  |  |  | entirely, indoors, safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Baths, showers, washing up and corded phones are avoided

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:e2:o4:1
# text = Baths, showers, washing up and corded phones are avoided
1	Baths	bath	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	showers	shower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	washing	wash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	corded	cord	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	avoided	avoid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cord** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **avoid** | present · passive |  | Baths and showers and corded phones |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: subject=Location |

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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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