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title: Someone says a tornado sucks up roofs like a giant hoover. What is c… — Wind and weather · tree and pragmatics
description: Someone says a tornado sucks up roofs like a giant hoover. What is closer to the truth? Test 7 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Wind and weather

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Someone says a tornado sucks up roofs like a giant hoover. What is closer to the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Someone, tornado · **What happens:** say, suck up, be · **To what, where:** roofs · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Someone says a tornado sucks up roofs like a giant hoover.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:15-wind-and-weather:t7:1
# text = Someone says a tornado sucks up roofs like a giant hoover.
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tornado	tornado	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sucks	suck	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	roofs	roof	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	hoover	hoover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **suck up** | present | a tornado | roofs |  |  |  | like a giant hoover | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent roof=Source |

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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 is closer to the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:15-wind-and-weather:t7:2
# text = What is closer to the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to the truth; close *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A tornado is a real pipe of air from the sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:15-wind-and-weather:t7:o1:1
# text = A tornado is a real pipe of air from the sky
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tornado	tornado	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a tornado | a real pipe |  | the sky |  | of air | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Fast spinning wind and very low pressure in the middle rip and lift them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:15-wind-and-weather:t7:o2:1
# text = Fast spinning wind and very low pressure in the middle rip and lift them
1	Fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	rip	rip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **lift** | infinitive |  | wind |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The roofs float up because they get hot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:15-wind-and-weather:t7:o3:1
# text = The roofs float up because they get hot
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roofs	roof	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	float	float	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float up** | present | the roofs |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | roofs *= roof* |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tornadoes are only strong enough to lift leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:15-wind-and-weather:t7:o4:1
# text = Tornadoes are only strong enough to lift leaves
1	Tornadoes	tornado	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Tornadoes |  |  |  |  | enough, strong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lift** | to-infinitive | Tornadoes *not said here* | leaves |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme |

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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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