--- title: A weather report says the air pressure is falling fast. What weather… — Weather: pressure, wind, clouds and st… · tree and pragmatics description: A weather report says the air pressure is falling fast. What weather is likely? 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What weather is likely? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** weather report, air pressure · **What happens:** say, fall, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A weather report says the air pressure is falling fast. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:15-weather:t2:1 # text = A weather report says the air pressure is falling fast. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 pressure pressure NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 10 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a weather report | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **fall** | present · progressive | the air pressure | | | | | fast *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What weather is likely? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:15-weather:t2:2 # text = What weather is likely? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A completely still day ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:15-weather:t2:o1:1 # text = A completely still day 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 completely completely ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A long sunny spell ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:15-weather:t2:o2:1 # text = A long sunny spell 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 sunny sunny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Clouds, wind and rain ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:15-weather:t2:o3:1 # text = Clouds, wind and rain 1 Clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Clearer skies than before ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:15-weather:t2:o4:1 # text = Clearer skies than before 1 Clearer clear ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 skies sky NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 than than ADP IN _ 4 fixed _ _ 4 before before SCONJ IN _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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