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title: It is given that a person in open country hears thunder. Select the… — Weather, lightning and storms · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a person in open country hears thunder. Select the response consistent with official safety advice. Exam question 3 of lesson 15 «Weather, lightning and storms» of the myths 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 · Weather, lightning and storms

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It is given that a person in open country hears thunder. Select the response consistent with official safety advice.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** person, you · **What happens:** give, hear, select · **To what, where:** It, thunder, response

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 15 «Weather, lightning and storms» of the myths 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/myths/15-weather-lightning-and-storms/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a person in open country hears thunder.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:e3:1
# text = It is given that a person in open country hears thunder.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **hear** | present | a person in open country | thunder |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thunder=Stimulus |

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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:* Select the response consistent with official safety advice.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:e3:2
# text = Select the response consistent with official safety advice.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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The person is to seek shelter within a building or a metal-roofed vehicle

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:e3:o1:1
# text = The person is to seek shelter within a building or a metal-roofed vehicle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	shelter	shelter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	roofed	roof	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the person |  |  |  |  | within a building or a roofed vehicle; seek *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **roof** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The person is to shelter beneath the tallest available tree until it passes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:e3:o2:1
# text = The person is to shelter beneath the tallest available tree until it passes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	shelter	shelter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	tallest	tall	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
9	available	available	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the person |  |  |  |  | beneath the tallest available tree; shelter *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pass** | present | person |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The person is to lie flat upon the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:e3:o3:1
# text = The person is to lie flat upon the ground
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	lie	lie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	flat	flat	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the person |  |  |  |  | upon the ground; flat, lie *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The person is to raise a metal object above the head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:e3:o4:1
# text = The person is to raise a metal object above the head
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	raise	raise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	above	above	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the person |  |  |  |  | raise *property* | tree rules |

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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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