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title: Hurricane officials tell a family in Miami to leave their home near… — Weather emergencies · tree and pragmatics
description: Hurricane officials tell a family in Miami to leave their home near the sea. Why should they go? Test 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 right.
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Weather emergencies

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Hurricane officials tell a family in Miami to leave their home near the sea. Why should they go?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Hurricane officials, officials · **What happens:** tell, leave, go · **To what, where:** family, Miami, home, sea · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 48 «Weather emergencies» 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/48-weather-emergencies/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Hurricane officials tell a family in Miami to leave their home near the sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:t2:1
# text = Hurricane officials tell a family in Miami to leave their home near the sea.
1	Hurricane	Hurricane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	officials	official	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tell	tell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Miami	Miami	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	near	near	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Hurricane officials | a family |  | Miami |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent family=Recipient |
| 2 | **leave** | to-infinitive | Hurricane officials *not said here* | officials's home |  | the sea |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent home=Theme near sea=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why should they go?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:t2:2
# text = Why should they go?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | should | officials *= official* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The storm surge could flood the area with seawater

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:t2:o1:1
# text = The storm surge could flood the area with seawater
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	surge	surge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	flood	flood	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	seawater	seawater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flood** | could | the storm surge | the area |  |  |  | with seawater | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent area=Patient with seawater=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The wind is only strong near the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:t2:o2:1
# text = The wind is only strong near the sea
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the wind |  |  | the sea |  | strong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The sea will be too rough for swimming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:t2:o3:1
# text = The sea will be too rough for swimming
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | future | the sea |  |  |  |  | for swimming; rough *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hurricanes only ever hit the houses that stand by the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:t2:o4:1
# text = Hurricanes only ever hit the houses that stand by the sea
1	Hurricanes	hurricane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	hit	hit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | infinitive | Hurricanes | the houses |  |  | ever |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **stand** | present | the houses |  |  |  |  | by the sea | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by sea=Location |

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