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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct appropriate during a thunderstorm? Exam question 1 of lesson 291 «Handling anger and everyday fears» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Exam question 1 · Handling anger and everyday fears

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct appropriate during a thunderstorm?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** conduct

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 291 «Handling anger and everyday fears» 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/291-handling-anger-and-fear/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct appropriate during a thunderstorm?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
12	during	during	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	thunderstorm	thunderstorm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the conduct |  |  | during a thunderstorm | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Persons shall remain indoors and away from windows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:e1:o1:1
# text = Persons shall remain indoors and away from windows
1	Persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	conj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | shall | Persons |  |  |  |  | indoors *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Persons shall shelter beneath a tall tree to keep dry until it passes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:e1:o2:1
# text = Persons shall shelter beneath a tall tree to keep dry until it passes
1	Persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	shelter	shelter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shelter** | shall | Persons |  |  | a tall tree |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath tree=Location |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | Persons *not said here* |  |  |  |  | dry *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pass** | present | tree |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Persons shall stand in an open field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:e1:o3:1
# text = Persons shall stand in an open field
1	Persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Persons shall remain outdoors until rain begins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:e1:o4:1
# text = Persons shall remain outdoors until rain begins
1	Persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	outdoors	outdoors	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	begins	begin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | shall | Persons |  |  |  |  | outdoors *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **begin** | present | rain |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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