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title: Lola catches two tiny snow crystals that look exactly alike and says… — Weather, lightning and storms · tree and pragmatics
description: Lola catches two tiny snow crystals that look exactly alike and says her card lied. What do you say? Test 9 · ★★ 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 wr
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Weather, lightning and storms

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Lola catches two tiny snow crystals that look exactly alike and says her card lied. What do you say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lola, two tiny snow crystals, card, you · **What happens:** catch, look, say, lie · **To what, where:** two tiny snow crystals · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lola catches two tiny snow crystals that look exactly alike and says her card lied.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:t9:1
# text = Lola catches two tiny snow crystals that look exactly alike and says her card lied.
1	Lola	Lola	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	catches	catch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
4	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	crystals	crystal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	alike	alike	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	lied	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | present | Lola | two tiny snow crystals |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crystal=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | present | two tiny snow crystals |  |  |  |  | alike *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Lola *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **lie** | past | Lola's card |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 do you say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:t9:2
# text = What do you say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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One of them must be plastic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:t9:o1:1
# text = One of them must be plastic
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must | One of them |  |  |  |  | plastic *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Snowflakes are always identical anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:t9:o2:1
# text = Snowflakes are always identical anyway
1	Snowflakes	snowflake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Snowflakes |  |  |  |  | always, anyway, identical *property* | tree rules |

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

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Simple tiny crystals can match; big complex flakes almost never do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:t9:o3:1
# text = Simple tiny crystals can match; big complex flakes almost never do
1	Simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	crystals	crystal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	match	match	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	complex	complex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	flakes	flake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
10	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **match** | can | Simple tiny crystals | big complex flakes |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flake=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **do** | present | Simple tiny crystals *not said here* |  |  |  |  | almost *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Her magnifier must be broken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:15-weather-lightning-and-storms:t9:o4:1
# text = Her magnifier must be broken
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	magnifier	magnifier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | must · passive |  | Her magnifier |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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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