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Exam question 3 · Climate zones and why they are where they are

It is given that two settlements lie at identical latitudes, one upon an oceanic coast and the other deep within a continent. Ascertain which statement is correct.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: two settlements, you, statement · What happens: give, lie, ascertain, be · To what, where: It, identical latitudes

This is exam question 3 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

Sentence 1: It is given that two settlements lie at identical latitudes, one upon an oceanic coast and the other deep within a continent.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 lie	mark
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 settlements	nummod
6	settlements	settlement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lie	nsubj
7	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 latitudes	case
9	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 latitudes	amod
10	latitudes	latitude	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lie	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 one	punct
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 latitudes	appos
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 coast	case
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 coast	det
15	oceanic	oceanic	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 coast	compound
16	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 one	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 deep	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 other	det
19	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 deep	advmod
20	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 coast	conj
21	within	within	ADP	_	23 continent	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 continent	det
23	continent	continent	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 deep	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	lie	present	two settlements			identical latitudes			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at latitude=Location

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.

Sentence 2: Ascertain which statement is correct.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 correct	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 correct	cop
5	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ascertain	ccomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here						vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	which statement					correct property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The coastal settlement necessarily experiences the more extreme range

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 settlement	det
2	coastal	coastal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 settlement	amod
3	settlement	settlement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 experiences	nsubj
4	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	_	5 experiences	advmod
5	experiences	experience	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 range	det
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 extreme	advmod
8	extreme	extreme	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 range	amod
9	range	range	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 experiences	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	experience	present	the coastal settlement	the extreme range				necessarily property	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer range=Stimulus

Option 2

The inland settlement is warmer than the coastal one in every season

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 settlement	det
2	inland	inland	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 settlement	amod
3	settlement	settlement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 warmer	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 warmer	cop
5	warmer	warm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	than	than	ADP	_	9 one	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 one	det
8	coastal	coastal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 one	amod
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 warmer	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 season	case
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 season	det
12	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the inland settlement					than the coastal one in every season; warm property	tree rules

Option 3

Both settlements necessarily experience identical temperatures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 settlements	det
2	settlements	settlement	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 experience	nsubj
3	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	_	4 experience	advmod
4	experience	experience	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 temperatures	amod
6	temperatures	temperature	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 experience	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	experience	present	both settlements	identical temperatures				necessarily property	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer temperature=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The inland settlement experiences hotter summers and colder winters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 experiences	det
2	inland	inland	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 experiences	amod
3	settlement	settlement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 experiences	compound
4	experiences	experience	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	hotter	hot	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 summers	amod
6	summers	summer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 experiences	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 winters	cc
8	colder	cold	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 winters	amod
9	winters	winter	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 experiences	conj

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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