Exam question 1 · Climate zones and why they are where they are

Identify the principal cause of the annual succession of seasons upon the Earth.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, cause · To what, where: principal cause, annual succession

This is exam question 1 of lesson 21 «Climate zones and why they are where they are» of the geography 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cause	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cause	amod
4	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 succession	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 succession	det
7	annual	annual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 succession	amod
8	succession	succession	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 seasons	case
10	seasons	season	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 succession	nmod
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 Earth	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Earth	det
13	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 seasons	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal cause of the annual succession of seasons upon the Earth					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent cause=Theme
2	cause			the annual succession of seasons upon the Earth					nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient

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 · ← Mova's choice

The obstruction of sunlight by the Moon in certain months of the year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 obstruction	det
2	obstruction	obstruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 sunlight	case
4	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obstruction	nmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 Moon	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Moon	det
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 obstruction	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 months	case
9	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 months	amod
10	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 obstruction	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 year	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 year	det
13	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 months	nmod

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

Option 2

The variation in the distance between the Earth and the Sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 variation	det
2	variation	variation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 distance	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 distance	det
5	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 variation	nmod
6	between	between	ADP	_	8 Earth	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Earth	det
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 distance	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 Sun	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Sun	det
11	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Earth	conj

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

Option 3

The periodic alteration in the quantity of heat emitted by the Sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 alteration	det
2	periodic	periodic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 alteration	amod
3	alteration	alteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 quantity	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 quantity	det
6	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 alteration	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 heat	case
8	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 quantity	nmod
9	emitted	emit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 alteration	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 Sun	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Sun	det
12	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 emitted	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emit	participle		the periodic alteration in the quantity of heat not said here					vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The inclination of the Earth's axis of rotation, of approximately 23.4 degrees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 inclination	det
2	inclination	inclination	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 axis	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Earth	det
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 axis	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Earth	case
7	axis	axis	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inclination	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 rotation	case
9	rotation	rotation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 axis	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 degrees	punct
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 degrees	case
12	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	13 23.4	advmod
13	23.4	23.4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 degrees	nummod
14	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 inclination	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	incline		the Earth's axis of rotation						nom inclination «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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