--- title: You count 6 seconds between a lightning flash and its thunder, and l… — Thinking it through — forces, heat, li… · tree and pragmatics description: You count 6 seconds between a lightning flash and its thunder, and later only 3 seconds. What has happened? 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What has happened? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You, its · **What happens:** count, thunder, happen This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Thinking it through — forces, heat, light and energy» 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/60-reasoning-energy-technology/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* You count 6 seconds between a lightning flash and its thunder, and later only 3 seconds. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t3:1 # text = You count 6 seconds between a lightning flash and its thunder, and later only 3 seconds. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 count count VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 between between ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 flash flash NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ 15 only only ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | present | You | | | | second | late *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **thunder** | | its *= it* | | | | | | nom thunder «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 has happened? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t3:2 # text = What has happened? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The storm has come closer ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t3:o1:1 # text = The storm has come closer 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 closer close ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present · perfect | the storm | | | | | close *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The thunder has become faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t3:o2:1 # text = The thunder has become faster 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present · perfect | the thunder | | | | | fast *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The storm has moved further away ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t3:o3:1 # text = The storm has moved further away 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 further further ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | present · perfect | the storm | | | | | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The lightning has become slower ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t3:o4:1 # text = The lightning has become slower 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 slower slow ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present · perfect | the lightning | | | | | slow *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | **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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