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title: Identify the safest location during a tornado. — Weather emergencies · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the safest location during a tornado. Exam question 2 of lesson 48 «Weather emergencies» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · Weather emergencies

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Identify the safest location during a tornado.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** safest location

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 48 «Weather emergencies» 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/48-weather-emergencies/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:e2:1
# text = Identify the safest location during a tornado.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	during	during	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tornado	tornado	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the safest location |  |  | during a tornado |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent location=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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An upstairs room with large windows, from which the tornado may be observed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:e2:o1:1
# text = An upstairs room with large windows, from which the tornado may be observed
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	upstairs	upstairs	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tornado	tornado	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | may · passive |  | the tornado |  | a upstairs room with large windows |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The roof of the building

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:e2:o2:1
# text = The roof of the building
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A car parked in the open

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:e2:o3:1
# text = A car parked in the open
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	parked	park	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **park** | participle |  | a car *not said here* |  | the open |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in open=Destination |

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

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A basement, storm shelter, or windowless interior room on the lowest floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:e2:o4:1
# text = A basement, storm shelter, or windowless interior room on the lowest floor
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	basement	basement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	shelter	shelter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	windowless	windowless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	interior	interior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	lowest	low	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	amod	_	_
14	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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