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title: my brother said hail is just frozen rain falling once. right? — Clouds, rain, snow and hail · tree and pragmatics
description: my brother said hail is just frozen rain falling once. right? Test 13 · ★ 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 13 · ★ · Clouds, rain, snow and hail

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my brother said hail is just frozen rain falling once. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother, rain · **What happens:** say, freeze, fall · **To what, where:** hail · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:67-clouds-rain-snow-hail:t13:1
# text = my brother said hail is just frozen rain falling once. right?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	hail	hail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
8	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
12	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **freeze** | present · passive |  | hail |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fall** | gerund | rain *not said here* |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn occur-48.3 «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 {#o1}

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No, hail is ice that falls from high cirrus clouds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:67-clouds-rain-snow-hail:t13:o1:1
# text = No, hail is ice that falls from high cirrus clouds
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	hail	hail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	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	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	cirrus	cirrus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | hail | ice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall** | present | ice |  |  | high cirrus clouds |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from cloud=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, hail is rain that froze on the way down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:67-clouds-rain-snow-hail:t13:o2:1
# text = Yes, hail is rain that froze on the way down
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	hail	hail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	froze	freeze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	down	down	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | hail | rain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **freeze** | past | rain |  |  | the way |  | down *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, hail gets ice layers as winds carry it up and down in a storm cloud

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:67-clouds-rain-snow-hail:t13:o3:1
# text = No, hail gets ice layers as winds carry it up and down in a storm cloud
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	hail	hail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	layers	layer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	down	down	ADV	RB	_	11	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | hail | ice layers |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer layer=Stimulus |
| 2 | **carry up** | present | winds | hail |  | a storm cloud |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Value in cloud=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, hail is snow that was squeezed into balls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:67-clouds-rain-snow-hail:t13:o4:1
# text = Yes, hail is snow that was squeezed into balls
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	hail	hail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	squeezed	squeeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | hail | snow |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **squeeze** | past · passive |  | snow |  | balls |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into ball=Product |

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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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