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description: You see a flash and count six seconds before the thunder. About how far away was the lightning? Test 1 of lesson 15 «Weather: pressure, wind, clouds and storms» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 1 · Weather: pressure, wind, clouds and storms

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You see a flash and count six seconds before the thunder. About how far away was the lightning?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You · **What happens:** see, count, be · **To what, where:** flash, lightning

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This is test 1 of lesson 15 «Weather: pressure, wind, clouds and storms» of the world 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/world/15-weather/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You see a flash and count six seconds before the thunder.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:15-weather:t1:1
# text = You see a flash and count six seconds before the thunder.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	flash	flash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
7	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	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 | **see** | present | You | a flash |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flash=Stimulus |
| 2 | **count** | infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  |  | before the thunder; second |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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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:* About how far away was the lightning?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:15-weather:t1:2
# text = About how far away was the lightning?
1	About	about	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the lightning |  |  |  | far *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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About two kilometres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:15-weather:t1:o1:1
# text = About two kilometres
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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About twenty kilometres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:15-weather:t1:o2:1
# text = About twenty kilometres
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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About six kilometres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:15-weather:t1:o3:1
# text = About six kilometres
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Right above your head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:15-weather:t1:o4:1
# text = Right above your head
1	Right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	above	above	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	head	head	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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**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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