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title: big tall dark clouds coming, what's that gonna be — Clouds, rain, snow and hail · tree and pragmatics
description: big tall dark clouds coming, what's that gonna be Test 11 · ★ of lesson 67 «Clouds, rain, snow and hail» 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 11 · ★ · Clouds, rain, snow and hail

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big tall dark clouds coming, what's that gonna be

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** big tall dark clouds · **What happens:** come, be

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 67 «Clouds, rain, snow and hail» 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/67-clouds-rain-snow-hail/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:67-clouds-rain-snow-hail:t11:1
# text = big tall dark clouds coming, what's that gonna be
1	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	_
10	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	appos	_	_
11	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | gerund | big tall dark clouds *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **be** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A cumulonimbus storm cloud with heavy rain, maybe thunder and hail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:67-clouds-rain-snow-hail:t11:o1:1
# text = A cumulonimbus storm cloud with heavy rain, maybe thunder and hail
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	cumulonimbus	cumulonimbus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	hail	hail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A cirrus cloud bringing fine weather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:67-clouds-rain-snow-hail:t11:o2:1
# text = A cirrus cloud bringing fine weather
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cirrus	cirrus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | gerund | a cirrus cloud *not said here* | fine weather |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent weather=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A stratus cloud bringing a light breeze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:67-clouds-rain-snow-hail:t11:o3:1
# text = A stratus cloud bringing a light breeze
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	stratus	stratus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	breeze	breeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | gerund | a stratus cloud *not said here* | a light breeze |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent breeze=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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A cumulus cloud bringing a clear sunny day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:67-clouds-rain-snow-hail:t11:o4:1
# text = A cumulus cloud bringing a clear sunny day
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cumulus	cumulus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | gerund | a cumulus cloud *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |

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