Test 11 · Deserts

«ugh the gobi's a desert so it's boiling all year yeah» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: gobi, desert · What happens: be, boil · To what, where: desert

This is test 11 of lesson 18 «Deserts» of the geography 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 desert	punct
2	ugh	ugh	INTJ	_	7 desert	discourse
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gobi	det
4	gobi	gobi	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 desert	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 desert	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 desert	det
7	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 right	nsubj
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 boiling	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 boiling	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 boiling	aux
11	boiling	boil	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 desert	acl:relcl
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 year	det
13	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 boiling	obl:unmarked
14	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	18 right	discourse
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 yeah	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 right	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 right	cop
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	18 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	the gobi	a desert			tree rules
2	boil in a quote	present · progressive	desert	a desert not said here	year		vn cooking-45.3 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument desert=Patient
3	is	present	a desert			right property	tree rules

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

Option 1

Yes, it never goes below 30 degrees, not even on the coldest winter nights

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 goes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 goes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 goes	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 goes	advmod
5	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	below	below	ADV	_	7 30	advmod
7	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 degrees	nummod
8	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 goes	obl:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 nights	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 nights	advmod
11	even	even	ADV	_	16 nights	advmod
12	on	on	ADP	_	16 nights	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 nights	det
14	coldest	cold	ADJ	Degree=Sup	16 nights	amod
15	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 nights	compound
16	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 goes	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go	present	it	30 degrees			night		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it is a cold desert with winters below minus 30 degrees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 desert	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 desert	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 desert	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 desert	det
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 desert	amod
7	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 winters	case
9	winters	winter	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 desert	nmod
10	below	below	ADV	_	12 30	advmod
11	minus	minus	ADV	_	12 30	advmod
12	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 degrees	nummod
13	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 winters	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a cold desert			winter		tree rules

Option 3

Yes, it is hot every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 hot	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hot	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hot	cop
5	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hot	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it				day	hot property	tree rules

Option 4

No, it is a rainforest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 rainforest	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 rainforest	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rainforest	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rainforest	det
6	rainforest	rainforest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a rainforest					tree rules

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