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title: A girl in Los Angeles is in the playground when the ground starts sh… — Weather emergencies · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Los Angeles is in the playground when the ground starts shaking. What should she do? Test 4 · ★★ 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 4 · ★★ · Weather emergencies

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A girl in Los Angeles is in the playground when the ground starts shaking. What should she do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, ground · **What happens:** be, start, shake, do · **To what, where:** playground

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Los Angeles is in the playground when the ground starts shaking.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:t4:1
# text = A girl in Los Angeles is in the playground when the ground starts shaking.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Los	Los	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	Angeles	Angeles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	playground	playground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
14	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a girl in Los |  |  | the playground |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **start** | present | the ground |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **shake** | gerund | the ground *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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:* What should she do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:t4:2
# text = What should she do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	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 | **do** | should | ground |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

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

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Get away from walls and wires, then drop and cover her head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:t4:o1:1
# text = Get away from walls and wires, then drop and cover her head
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wires	wire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	drop	drop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	cover	cover	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | walls and wires |  | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from wall=Source |
| 2 | **drop** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **cover** | infinitive | you *not said here* | her head |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme head=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Climb up the climbing frame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:t4:o2:1
# text = Climb up the climbing frame
1	Climb	climb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	climbing	climbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	frame	frame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the climbing frame |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location frame=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stand next to the school wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:t4:o3:1
# text = Stand next to the school wall
1	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	next	next	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the school wall; next *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Run into the school building at once, where the walls will keep her safe

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:t4:o4:1
# text = Run into the school building at once, where the walls will keep her safe
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
14	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the school building |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into building=Destination |
| 2 | **keep** | future | the walls | her *= she* |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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