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title: Leo says thunder is two clouds bumping into each other. true? — Weather: pressure, wind, clouds and st… · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo says thunder is two clouds bumping into each other. true? Test 12 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 wrong.
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# Test 12 · Weather: pressure, wind, clouds and storms

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Leo says thunder is two clouds bumping into each other. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Leo, thunder, two clouds · **What happens:** say, be, bump · **To what, where:** two clouds, each · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:15-weather:t12:1
# text = Leo says thunder is two clouds bumping into each other. true?
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	bumping	bump	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	7	obl	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
12	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	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 | Leo |  |  |  |  | true *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | thunder | two clouds |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **bump** | gerund | two clouds *not said here* |  |  | each |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into each=Location |

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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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Yes, it's ice in the clouds cracking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:15-weather:t12:o1:1
# text = Yes, it's ice in the clouds cracking
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	cracking	crack	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | ice |  | the clouds |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **crack** | gerund | the clouds *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, it's the wind hitting the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:15-weather:t12:o2:1
# text = No, it's the wind hitting the ground
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	hitting	hit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | the wind |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hit** | gerund | the wind *not said here* | the ground |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yes, clouds crash together and make the boom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:15-weather:t12:o3:1
# text = Yes, clouds crash together and make the boom
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	crash	crash	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	together	together	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	boom	boom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crash** | present | clouds |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | present | clouds *not said here* | the boom |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset boom=Product |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, it's air heated by lightning suddenly bursting outward

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:15-weather:t12:o4:1
# text = No, it's air heated by lightning suddenly bursting outward
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	heated	heat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	bursting	burst	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	outward	outward	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | air |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **heat** | participle |  | air *not said here* |  |  |  | by lightning | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **burst** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | outward, suddenly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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