--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder,… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of an increasing interval between lightning and thunder? Exam question 1 of lesson 319 «Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom» of the everyday course of Mova's p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/e1/) [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/) / [Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water… Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of an increasing interval between lightning and thunder? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, increase · **To what, where:** significance This is exam question 1 of lesson 319 «Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom» 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/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of an increasing interval between lightning and thunder? 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 significance significance NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 increasing increase VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 amod _ _ 14 interval interval NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 between between ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 significance of a increasing interval between lightning and thunder | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **increase** | gerund | | | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | 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} The storm has ended entirely ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:e1:o1:1 # text = The storm has ended entirely 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 ended end VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end** | present · perfect | the storm | | | | | entirely *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The storm is moving away ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:e1:o2:1 # text = The storm is moving away 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 moving move VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move away** | present · progressive | the storm | | | | | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The storm is approaching ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:e1:o3:1 # text = The storm is approaching 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 approaching approach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **approach** | present · progressive | the storm | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The lightning is becoming stronger ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:e1:o4:1 # text = The lightning is becoming stronger 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 becoming become VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present · progressive | the lightning | | | | | strong *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | **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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