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title: On a hot evening you see flashes but no thunder. What would happen i… — Weather, lightning and storms · tree and pragmatics
description: On a hot evening you see flashes but no thunder. What would happen if you drove towards them? Test 5 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Weather, lightning and storms

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On a hot evening you see flashes but no thunder. What would happen if you drove towards them?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** see, happen, drive · **To what, where:** flashes

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* On a hot evening you see flashes but no thunder.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:t5:1
# text = On a hot evening you see flashes but no thunder.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	flashes	flash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | you | flashes but no thunder |  |  | evening |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flash=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:* What would happen if you drove towards them?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:t5:2
# text = What would happen if you drove towards them?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	drove	drive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **drive** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you |  |  |  |  | towards flashes *= flash* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent towards they=Trajectory |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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You'd find a hot cloud with no electricity in it at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:t5:o1:1
# text = You'd find a hot cloud with no electricity in it at all
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | would | You | a hot cloud |  | all |  | with no electricity in electricity | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent cloud=Theme at all=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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You'd find a special silent storm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:t5:o2:1
# text = You'd find a special silent storm
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | would | You | a special silent storm |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storm=Topic |

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

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You'd likely start to hear thunder as you got closer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:t5:o3:1
# text = You'd likely start to hear thunder as you got closer
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | would | You |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | thunder |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thunder=Stimulus |
| 3 | **get** | past | you |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The flashes would vanish forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:t5:o4:1
# text = The flashes would vanish forever
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flashes	flash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	vanish	vanish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vanish** | would | the flashes |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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