--- title: Which is true about a car in a lightning storm? — Thinking like a lifeguard · tree and pragmatics description: Which is true about a car in a lightning storm? Test 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; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Thinking like a lifeguard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★★ · Thinking like a lifeguard Which is true about a car in a lightning storm? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be This is test 3 · ★★★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t3:1 # text = Which is true about a car in a lightning storm? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | about a car in a lightning storm; true *property* | tree rules | 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 {#o1} An open-topped car is just as safe ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t3:o1:1 # text = An open-topped car is just as safe 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 topped top VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 as as ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **top** | participle | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | a topped car | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cars attract lightning and should be left at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t3:o2:1 # text = Cars attract lightning and should be left at once 1 Cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 attract attract VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attract** | present | Cars | lightning | | | | | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lightning=Patient | | 2 | **leave** | should · passive | Cars *not said here* | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: at once=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Its rubber tyres stop the lightning from reaching the ground at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t3:o3:1 # text = Its rubber tyres stop the lightning from reaching the ground at all 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 rubber rubber NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 tyres tyre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 from from SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 reaching reach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | Its rubber tyres | the lightning | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality lightning=Eventuality | | 2 | **reach** | gerund | Its rubber tyres *not said here* | the ground | | all | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent ground=Theme at all=Asset | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Its metal body carries the current around the people inside ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t3:o4:1 # text = Its metal body carries the current around the people inside 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 carries carry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 current current NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 around around ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 inside inside ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | present | Its metal body | the current | | | | around the people; inside *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent current=Theme | **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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