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title: It being given that thunder is heard nine seconds after the flash, d… — Thinking like a lifeguard · tree and pragmatics
description: It being given that thunder is heard nine seconds after the flash, determine the approximate distance of the lightning. Exam question 3 of lesson 50 «Thinking like a lifeguard» 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 3 · Thinking like a lifeguard

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It being given that thunder is heard nine seconds after the flash, determine the approximate distance of the lightning.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** give, hear, determine · **To what, where:** It, thunder, approximate distance

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 50 «Thinking like a lifeguard» 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/50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:e3:1
# text = It being given that thunder is heard nine seconds after the flash, determine the approximate distance of the lightning.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
8	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	flash	flash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	determine	determine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	approximate	approximate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | present · passive |  | that thunder |  |  | second |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |
| 3 | **determine** | infinitive |  | the approximate distance of the lightning |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distance=Topic |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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About three kilometres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:e3:o1:1
# text = About three kilometres
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Less than one hundred metres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:e3:o2:1
# text = Less than one hundred metres
1	Less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	4	advmod	_	_
2	than	than	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	_
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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About thirty kilometres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:e3:o3:1
# text = About thirty kilometres
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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About nine kilometres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:e3:o4:1
# text = About nine kilometres
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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