--- title: It is given that thunder is heard nine seconds after a flash. Calcul… — Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that thunder is heard nine seconds after a flash. Calculate the approximate distance of the lightning. Exam question 2 of lesson 36 «Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true/e2/) [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/) / [Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★ It is given that thunder is heard nine seconds after a flash. Calculate the approximate distance of the lightning. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, hear, calculate · **To what, where:** It, thunder, approximate distance This is exam question 2 of lesson 36 «Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★» 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/36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true/#e2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that thunder is heard nine seconds after a flash. ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true:e2:1 # text = It is given that thunder is heard nine seconds after a flash. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 8 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 after after ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 flash flash NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | present · passive | | that thunder | | | second | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | 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:* Calculate the approximate distance of the lightning. ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true:e2:2 # text = Calculate the approximate distance of the lightning. 1 Calculate calculate VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 approximate approximate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **calculate** | imperative | you *not said here* | the approximate distance of the lightning | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Twenty-seven kilometres ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true:e2:o1:1 # text = Twenty-seven kilometres 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Three kilometres ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true:e2:o2:1 # text = Three kilometres 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Nine kilometres ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true:e2:o3:1 # text = Nine kilometres 1 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} One kilometre ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true:e2:o4:1 # text = One kilometre 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 kilometre kilometre NOUN NN Number=Sing 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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