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title: Leo says clouds are made of water vapour like steam. true? — Clouds, rain, snow and hail · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo says clouds are made of water vapour like steam. true? Test 12 · ★ 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 12 · ★ · Clouds, rain, snow and hail

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Leo says clouds are made of water vapour like steam. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Leo · **What happens:** say, make · **To what, where:** clouds · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:67-clouds-rain-snow-hail:t12:1
# text = Leo says clouds are made of water vapour like steam. 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	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	vapour	vapour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
12	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	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 |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | present · passive |  | clouds |  |  |  | of water vapour like steam; true *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, clouds are made of smoke and dust

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:67-clouds-rain-snow-hail:t12:o1:1
# text = No, clouds are made of smoke and dust
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | clouds |  |  |  | of smoke and dust | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, clouds are tiny water droplets or ice crystals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:67-clouds-rain-snow-hail:t12:o2:1
# text = No, clouds are tiny water droplets or ice crystals
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	droplets	droplet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	crystals	crystal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | clouds | tiny water droplets or ice crystals |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, clouds are steam rising off the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:67-clouds-rain-snow-hail:t12:o3:1
# text = Yes, clouds are steam rising off the sea
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | clouds | steam |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **rise** | gerund | steam *not said here* |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme off sea=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, clouds are pure water vapour floating high up in the sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:67-clouds-rain-snow-hail:t12:o4:1
# text = Yes, clouds are pure water vapour floating high up in the sky
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	vapour	vapour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	floating	float	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
10	up	up	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | clouds | pure water vapour |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **float** | gerund | pure water vapour *not said here* |  |  | the sky |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sky=Trajectory |

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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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