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description: After a strong quake at the coast, why should you not wait for an official warning? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 236 «Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons» 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 w
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# Test 2 · ★ · Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons

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After a strong quake at the coast, why should you not wait for an official warning?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** not wait

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 236 «Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons» 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/236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:t2:1
# text = After a strong quake at the coast, why should you not wait for an official warning?
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	quake	quake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
10	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **wait** | should | you |  |  |  | after a strong quake at the coast | for a official warning | vn exist-47.1 «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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Tsunamis only ever happen on sunny days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:t2:o1:1
# text = Tsunamis only ever happen on sunny days
1	Tsunamis	tsunami	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | infinitive | Tsunamis |  |  |  | ever; day |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Earthquakes never cause big waves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:t2:o2:1
# text = Earthquakes never cause big waves
1	Earthquakes	earthquake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cause** | present | Earthquakes | big waves |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition wave=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Warnings always come at least a whole day ahead of any wave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:t2:o3:1
# text = Warnings always come at least a whole day ahead of any wave
1	Warnings	warning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	nmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Warnings |  |  |  | day | of any wave; ahead, always *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of wave=Initial\_Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A tsunami can arrive within minutes, before any warning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:t2:o4:1
# text = A tsunami can arrive within minutes, before any warning
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	arrive	arrive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | can | a tsunami |  |  |  | before any warning; minute |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: 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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