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description: It is asserted that lightning does not strike the same location on more than one occasion. Select the response that is consistent with the established facts. Exam question 3 of lesson 26 «Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 3 · Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks

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It is asserted that lightning does not strike the same location on more than one occasion. Select the response that is consistent with the established facts.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lightning, you, response · **What happens:** assert, not strike, select, be, establish · **To what, where:** It, same location, response

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 26 «Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks» of the physics 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/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is asserted that lightning does not strike the same location on more than one occasion.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:e3:1
# text = It is asserted that lightning does not strike the same location on more than one occasion.
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	asserted	assert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	strike	strike	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	15	advmod	_	_
14	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assert** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **strike** | present · do-support | lightning | the same location |  |  |  | on one occasion | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent location=Instrument on occasion=Patient |

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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:* Select the response that is consistent with the established facts.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:e3:2
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Tall structures are struck repeatedly, some many times within a single year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:e3:o1:1
# text = Tall structures are struck repeatedly, some many times within a single year
1	Tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	structures	structure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
8	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	within	within	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | present · passive |  | Tall structures |  |  | time; year | repeatedly *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Lightning strikes each location exactly twice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:e3:o2:1
# text = Lightning strikes each location exactly twice
1	Lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	strikes	strike	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | present | Lightning | each location |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent location=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Lightning never strikes structures of great height

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:e3:o3:1
# text = Lightning never strikes structures of great height
1	Lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	strikes	strike	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	structures	structure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **strike** | present | Lightning | structures of great height |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent structure=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The assertion is correct without exception

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:e3:o4:1
# text = The assertion is correct without exception
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the assertion |  |  |  |  | without exception; correct *property* | tree rules |

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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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