--- title: A family on a camping trip counts 15 seconds between a flash and its… — Thinking like a lifeguard · tree and pragmatics description: A family on a camping trip counts 15 seconds between a flash and its thunder. About how far away is the lightning? 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About how far away is the lightning? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** family, lightning · **What happens:** count, thunder, be This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 50 «Thinking like a lifeguard» 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/50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A family on a camping trip counts 15 seconds between a flash and its thunder. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t2:1 # text = A family on a camping trip counts 15 seconds between a flash and its thunder. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 camping camping NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 trip trip NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 counts count VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 between between ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 flash flash NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | present | a family on a camping trip | | | | second | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **thunder** | | family | | | | | | nom thunder «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* About how far away is the lightning? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t2:2 # text = About how far away is the lightning? 1 About about SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 3 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the lightning | | | | | away, far *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} About 15 kilometres ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t2:o1:1 # text = About 15 kilometres 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} About 5 kilometres ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t2:o2:1 # text = About 5 kilometres 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} About half a kilometre ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t2:o3:1 # text = About half a kilometre 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 4 det:predet _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 kilometre kilometre NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} About 45 kilometres ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t2:o4:1 # text = About 45 kilometres 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 45 45 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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