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title: My nan says when the barometer drops, take a brolly. Is she onto som… — Wind and weather · tree and pragmatics
description: My nan says when the barometer drops, take a brolly. Is she onto something? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 15 «Wind and weather» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Wind and weather

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My nan says when the barometer drops, take a brolly. Is she onto something?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nan, barometer · **What happens:** say, drop, take, be · **To what, where:** brolly, something · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 15 «Wind and weather» of the physics 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/physics/15-wind-and-weather/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* My nan says when the barometer drops, take a brolly.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:15-wind-and-weather:t1:1
# text = My nan says when the barometer drops, take a brolly.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	barometer	barometer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	drops	drop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	brolly	brolly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | My nan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **drop** | present | the barometer |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **take** | infinitive |  | a brolly |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brolly=Theme |

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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:* Is she onto something?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:15-wind-and-weather:t1:2
# text = Is she onto something?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	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 | **is** | present | barometer |  |  | something |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Yes, falling pressure often warns of rain and wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:15-wind-and-weather:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, falling pressure often warns of rain and wind
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
4	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	often	often	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	warns	warn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | gerund |  | pressure |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient pressure=Result |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present | falling |  |  |  |  | of rain and wind; often *property* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent of rain=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, a dropping barometer means sunshine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:15-wind-and-weather:t1:o2:1
# text = No, a dropping barometer means sunshine
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	dropping	drop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	barometer	barometer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | a dropping barometer | sunshine |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sunshine=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, barometers only show the temperature, not the weather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:15-wind-and-weather:t1:o3:1
# text = No, barometers only show the temperature, not the weather
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	barometers	barometer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | barometers | the temperature and the weather |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent temperature=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only in summer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:15-wind-and-weather:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, but only in summer
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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