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description: A cartoon shows thunder and lightning arriving together, even from far away. What is wrong? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 18 «Thunder, sirens and how fast sound travels» 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 w
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# Test 2 · ★ · Thunder, sirens and how fast sound travels

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A cartoon shows thunder and lightning arriving together, even from far away. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cartoon, thunder · **What happens:** show, arrive, be · **To what, where:** thunder

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 18 «Thunder, sirens and how fast sound travels» 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/18-thunder-sirens-and-how-fast-sound-travels/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows thunder and lightning arriving together, even from far away.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:18-thunder-sirens-and-how-fast-sound-travels:t2:1
# text = A cartoon shows thunder and lightning arriving together, even from far away.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	arriving	arrive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
8	together	together	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
13	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon | thunder and lightning |  |  |  | away *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thunder=Recipient |
| 2 | **arrive** | gerund | thunder and lightning *not said here* |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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:* What is wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:18-thunder-sirens-and-how-fast-sound-travels:t2:2
# text = What is wrong?
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	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Lightning makes no light far away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:18-thunder-sirens-and-how-fast-sound-travels:t2:o1:1
# text = Lightning makes no light far away
1	Lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Lightning | no light |  |  |  | away *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset light=Product |

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

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Far away, the thunder comes later than the flash

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:18-thunder-sirens-and-how-fast-sound-travels:t2:o2:1
# text = Far away, the thunder comes later than the flash
1	Far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	flash	flash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | the thunder |  |  |  |  | than the flash; far, late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, they always arrive together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:18-thunder-sirens-and-how-fast-sound-travels:t2:o3:1
# text = Nothing, they always arrive together
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	arrive	arrive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | present | they |  |  |  |  | always, together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Thunder always comes before the flash, however far away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:18-thunder-sirens-and-how-fast-sound-travels:t2:o4:1
# text = Thunder always comes before the flash, however far away
1	Thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	before	before	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	flash	flash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	however	however	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Thunder |  |  | the flash |  | always, away *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before flash=Location |

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