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title: Why should you stay away from windows when hail falls? — Rain, floods and storms · tree and pragmatics
description: Why should you stay away from windows when hail falls? Test 7 · ★ 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.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Rain, floods and storms

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Why should you stay away from windows when hail falls?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, hail · **What happens:** stay away, fall · **To what, where:** windows

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t7:1
# text = Why should you stay away from windows when hail falls?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
9	hail	hail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay away** | should | you |  |  | windows |  | away *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fall** | present | hail |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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Windows make the noise much louder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t7:o1:1
# text = Windows make the noise much louder
1	Windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Windows | the noise |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is only for houses that have skylights in the roof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t7:o2:1
# text = It is only for houses that have skylights in the roof
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	skylights	skylight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for houses | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | houses | skylights |  | the roof |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skylight=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hailstones melt faster near the warm windows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t7:o3:1
# text = Hailstones melt faster near the warm windows
1	Hailstones	hailstone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	melt	melt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | present | Hailstones |  |  | the warm windows |  | fast *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Hail can break glass and the pieces can cut you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t7:o4:1
# text = Hail can break glass and the pieces can cut you
1	Hail	hail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | can | Hail | glass |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer glass=Patient |
| 2 | **cut** | can | the pieces | you |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |

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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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