--- title: Mr Grant says the old saying about lightning. Which fact with a numb… — When the teacher gets it wrong · tree and pragmatics description: Mr Grant says the old saying about lightning. Which fact with a number helps most? Test 5 · ★★ 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 right. --- [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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★ · When the teacher gets it wrong Mr Grant says the old saying about lightning. Which fact with a number helps most? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mr, fact · **What happens:** say, help · **To what, where:** old saying · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 33 «When the teacher gets it wrong» 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/33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mr Grant says the old saying about lightning. ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:t5:1 # text = Mr Grant says the old saying about lightning. 1 Mr Mr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Grant Grant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 saying saying NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mr | the old saying | | | | about lightning | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent saying=Topic | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which fact with a number helps most? ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:t5:2 # text = Which fact with a number helps most? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | which fact with a number | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Thunder comes after lightning ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:t5:o1:1 # text = Thunder comes after lightning 1 Thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | Thunder | | | | after lightning | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Lightning is very bright and hot ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:t5:o2:1 # text = Lightning is very bright and hot 1 Lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Lightning | | | | | bright *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Lightning *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Most storms happen in summer ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:t5:o3:1 # text = Most storms happen in summer 1 Most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 amod _ _ 2 storms storm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | Most storms | | | | summer | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The Empire State Building is hit about 20 times a year ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:t5:o4:1 # text = The Empire State Building is hit about 20 times a year 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Empire Empire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 State State PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Building Building PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 hit hit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 about about ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** | present · passive | | the State Building | | | time | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme | **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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