--- title: Thunder rumbles while a boy in Colorado is washing up. What should h… — Rain, floods and storms · tree and pragmatics description: Thunder rumbles while a boy in Colorado is washing up. What should he do? Test 3 · ★ 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/t3/) [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/) / [Rain, floods and storms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Rain, floods and storms Thunder rumbles while a boy in Colorado is washing up. What should he do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Thunder, boy · **What happens:** rumble, wash up, do This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 235 «Rain, floods and storms» 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/235-rain-floods-and-storms/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Thunder rumbles while a boy in Colorado is washing up. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t3:1 # text = Thunder rumbles while a boy in Colorado is washing up. 1 Thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rumbles rumble VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 while while SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Colorado Colorado PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 washing wash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rumble** | present | Thunder | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **wash up** | present · progressive | a boy in Colorado | | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 should he do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t3:2 # text = What should he do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do 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 | **do** | should | boy | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Stop and wait until the storm passes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t3:o1:1 # text = Stop and wait until the storm passes 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 wait wait VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 until until SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 passes pass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **wait** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **pass** | present | the storm | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Fill the sink higher with water ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t3:o2:1 # text = Fill the sink higher with water 1 Fill fill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sink sink NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sink | | | | with water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent sink=Patient with water=Instrument | ### Option 3 {#o3} Finish quickly before the lightning gets close ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t3:o3:1 # text = Finish quickly before the lightning gets close 1 Finish finish VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 before before SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 7 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | quickly *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **get** | present | the lightning | | | | | close *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Wear rubber gloves to stay safe ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t3:o4:1 # text = Wear rubber gloves to stay safe 1 Wear wear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 rubber rubber NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 gloves glove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | imperative | you *not said here* | rubber gloves | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent glove=Theme | | 2 | **stay** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | safe *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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