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title: What would happen if a tall church had no lightning rod and was stru… — Static electricity: balloons, hair and… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if a tall church had no lightning rod and was struck? Test 5 of lesson 26 «Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks» 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 5 · Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks

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What would happen if a tall church had no lightning rod and was struck?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tall church · **What happens:** happen, have, strike · **To what, where:** lightning rod

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This is test 5 of lesson 26 «Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks» 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/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:t5:1
# text = What would happen if a tall church had no lightning rod and was struck?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
10	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	rod	rod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a tall church | no lightning rod |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rod=Patient |
| 3 | **strike** | past · passive | a tall church *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V» |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, churches cannot be struck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:t5:o1:1
# text = Nothing, churches cannot be struck
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **strike** | can · passive |  | Nothing |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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

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The lightning could pass through the building and damage it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:t5:o2:1
# text = The lightning could pass through the building and damage it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	damage	damage	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | could | the lightning |  |  | the building |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through building=Location |
| 2 | **damage** | infinitive | the lightning *not said here* | lightning |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The lightning would bounce straight back up into the storm cloud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:t5:o3:1
# text = The lightning would bounce straight back up into the storm cloud
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	bounce	bounce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	up	up	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bounce** | would | the lightning |  |  | the storm cloud |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into cloud=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The church would store the charge for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:t5:o4:1
# text = The church would store the charge for ever
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	store	store	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | would | the church | the charge |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charge=Theme |

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