Exam question 2 · Climate zones and why they are where they are

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a Mediterranean climate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: Mediterranean climate

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 climate	det
10	Mediterranean	Mediterranean	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 climate	compound
11	climate	climate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a Mediterranean climate				of the following statements; accurately 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 · ← Mova's choice

Precipitation negligible throughout the year, found solely around the Mediterranean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Precipitation	precipitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 found	nsubj
2	negligible	negligible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Precipitation	amod
3	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	5 year	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 year	det
5	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 negligible	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Precipitation	punct
7	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	solely	solely	ADV	_	7 found	advmod
9	around	around	ADP	_	11 Mediterranean	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Mediterranean	det
11	Mediterranean	Mediterranean	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	Precipitation			the Mediterranean		solely property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Winters prolonged and severe, summers brief and cool, found chiefly inland

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Winters	winter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prolonged	nsubj
2	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 severe	cc
4	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 prolonged	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 summers	punct
6	summers	summer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 prolonged	conj
7	brief	brief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 summers	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cool	cc
9	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 brief	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 found	punct
11	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 prolonged	parataxis
12	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	_	11 found	advmod
13	inland	inland	ADV	_	11 found	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	prolong	past	Winters		vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
2	summer	present	Winters not said here	brief property	vn weekend-56 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme
3	find	participle		chiefly, inland property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Precipitation abundant in every month, temperatures uniformly high

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Precipitation	precipitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abundant	obl:unmarked
2	abundant	abundant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 temperatures	amod
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 month	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 month	det
5	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abundant	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 temperatures	punct
7	temperatures	temperature	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	uniformly	uniformly	ADV	_	9 high	advmod
9	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 temperatures	amod

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Summers hot and dry, winters mild and wet, found on several continents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Summers	summer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hot	nsubj
2	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 dry	cc
4	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hot	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mild	punct
6	winters	winter	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 mild	nsubj
7	mild	mild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hot	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wet	cc
9	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mild	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 found	punct
11	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 mild	parataxis
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 continents	case
13	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 continents	amod
14	continents	continent	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	participle				several continents			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

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