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title: flash then i counted 1 2 3 4 5 6 then boom. whys counting help — Facing fears · tree and pragmatics
description: flash then i counted 1 2 3 4 5 6 then boom. whys counting help Test 11 · ★ of lesson 90 «Facing fears» 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 11 · ★ · Facing fears

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flash then i counted 1 2 3 4 5 6 then boom. whys counting help

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** flash, whys · **What happens:** count · **To what, where:** 1 5 6, help

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 90 «Facing fears» 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/90-facing-fears/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t11:1
# text = flash then i counted 1 2 3 4 5 6 then boom. whys counting help
1	flash	flash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
3	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	counted	count	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	compound	_	_
6	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	_
7	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	_
8	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	compound	_	_
9	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	compound	_	_
10	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	boom	boom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
14	whys	why	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
15	counting	count	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
16	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | past | flash | 1 5 6 |  |  | then | boom *obl* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent why=Theme |
| 2 | **count** | gerund | whys *not said here* | help |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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It makes the storm go away much faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t11:o1:1
# text = It makes the storm go away much faster
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	much	much	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the storm |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go away** | infinitive | the storm *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It shows how far away the storm is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t11:o2:1
# text = It shows how far away the storm is
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the storm |  |  |  |  | away, far *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It shows how loud the next one will be

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t11:o3:1
# text = It shows how loud the next one will be
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | future | the next one |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It tells you when the rain will stop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t11:o4:1
# text = It tells you when the rain will stop
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | It |  | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** *not said to happen* | future | the rain |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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