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title: Ascertain the position from which a rainbow may be observed. — Rain, floods and storms · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the position from which a rainbow may be observed. Exam question 4 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 4 · Rain, floods and storms

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Ascertain the position from which a rainbow may be observed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, observe · **To what, where:** position, rainbow

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the position from which a rainbow may be observed.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the position |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=Topic |
| 2 | **observe** | may · passive |  | a rainbow |  | the position |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |

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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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Only from the summit of a high hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:e4:o1:1
# text = Only from the summit of a high hill
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	summit	summit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Standing directly beneath the rain cloud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:e4:o2:1
# text = Standing directly beneath the rain cloud
1	Standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund |  |  |  | the rain cloud |  | directly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath cloud=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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With the sun behind one, facing the rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:e4:o3:1
# text = With the sun behind one, facing the rain
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	facing	face	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **face** | gerund |  | the rain |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rain=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Facing directly into the sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:e4:o4:1
# text = Facing directly into the sun
1	Facing	face	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **face** | gerund |  |  |  | the sun |  | directly *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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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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