--- title: Ascertain the approximate annual frequency of lightning strikes upon… — When the teacher gets it wrong · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the approximate annual frequency of lightning strikes upon the Empire State Building. Exam question 4 of lesson 33 «When the teacher gets it wrong» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/) / [When the teacher gets it wrong](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · When the teacher gets it wrong Ascertain the approximate annual frequency of lightning strikes upon the Empire State Building. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, approximate annual frequency · **What happens:** ascertain, strike · **To what, where:** approximate annual frequency, State Building This is exam question 4 of lesson 33 «When the teacher gets it wrong» 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/33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the approximate annual frequency of lightning strikes upon the Empire State Building. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 approximate approximate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 annual annual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 frequency frequency NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 8 strikes strike VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 Empire Empire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 State State PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Building Building PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the approximate annual frequency | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frequency=Topic | | 2 | **strike** | present | the approximate annual frequency *not said here* | | | the State Building | | of lightning | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon building=Location | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} None whatsoever ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:e4:o1:1 # text = None whatsoever 1 None none PRON NN PronType=Neg 0 root _ _ 2 whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Approximately twenty ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:e4:o2:1 # text = Approximately twenty 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Approximately one per century ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:e4:o3:1 # text = Approximately one per century 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 3 per per ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 century century NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Approximately one thousand ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:e4:o4:1 # text = Approximately one thousand 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ _ 3 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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