--- title: Ascertain the designation given in the north-west Pacific to the sto… — Storms: thunder, lightning, hurricanes… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the designation given in the north-west Pacific to the storm termed a hurricane in the Atlantic. Exam question 4 of lesson 68 «Storms: thunder, lightning, hurricanes and tornadoes» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/68-storms-and-wild-winds/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Storms: thunder, lightning, hurricanes…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/68-storms-and-wild-winds/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Storms: thunder, lightning, hurricanes and tornadoes Ascertain the designation given in the north-west Pacific to the storm termed a hurricane in the Atlantic. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, storm · **What happens:** ascertain, give, term · **To what, where:** designation, west Pacific, hurricane, Atlantic This is exam question 4 of lesson 68 «Storms: thunder, lightning, hurricanes and tornadoes» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/68-storms-and-wild-winds/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:68-storms-and-wild-winds:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the designation given in the north-west Pacific to the storm termed a hurricane in the Atlantic. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 designation designation NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 7 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 west west ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 Pacific Pacific PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 to to SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 termed term VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hurricane hurricane NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Atlantic Atlantic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the designation | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent designation=Topic | | 2 | **give** | participle | | the designation *not said here* | | the west Pacific | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **term** | past | the storm | a hurricane | | the Atlantic | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hurricane=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A monsoon ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:68-storms-and-wild-winds:e4:o1:1 # text = A monsoon 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 monsoon monsoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A tornado ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:68-storms-and-wild-winds:e4:o2:1 # text = A tornado 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tornado tornado NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A cyclone ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:68-storms-and-wild-winds:e4:o3:1 # text = A cyclone 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cyclone cyclone NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A typhoon ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:68-storms-and-wild-winds:e4:o4:1 # text = A typhoon 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 typhoon typhoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 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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