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title: "Lightning already hit that church spire last year, so it's the safe… — Weather, lightning and storms · tree and pragmatics
description: "Lightning already hit that church spire last year, so it's the safest spot now lol" What's wrong? Test 2 · ★★ 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; Mova's choice was wron
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Weather, lightning and storms

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"Lightning already hit that church spire last year, so it's the safest spot now lol" What's wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lightning, church, safest spot · **What happens:** hit, spire, be · **To what, where:** safest spot

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 15 «Weather, lightning and storms» of the myths 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/myths/15-weather-lightning-and-storms/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:t2:1
# text = "Lightning already hit that church spire last year, so it's the safest spot now lol" What's wrong?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	already	already	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	spire	spire	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	16	amod	_	_
16	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
17	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	22	advmod	_	_
18	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	22	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	_
20	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** *in a quote* | past | Lightning |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **spire** *in a quote* | present | church |  |  |  | year |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | church | the safest spot |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | the safest spot |  |  |  | now | wrong *property* | tree rules |

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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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Churches can't be struck, they're protected

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:t2:o1:1
# text = Churches can't be struck, they're protected
1	Churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	protected	protect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **strike** | can · passive |  | Churches |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **protect** | present · passive |  | Churches *= church* |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, lightning never repeats a place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:t2:o2:1
# text = Nothing, lightning never repeats a place
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	repeats	repeat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **repeat** | present | Nothing | a place |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tall things get struck again and again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:t2:o3:1
# text = Tall things get struck again and again
1	Tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | present · passive |  | Tall things |  |  | again |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Only new buildings get struck, never old ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:t2:o4:1
# text = Only new buildings get struck, never old ones
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | present · passive |  | new buildings |  |  |  | old ones *obl* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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