Exam question 4 · Climate zones and why they are where they are

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a rain shadow.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, rain shadow

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 shadow	det
11	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shadow	compound
12	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a rain shadow		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus shadow=Experiencer

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 windward side of a mountain range is invariably arid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 side	det
2	windward	windward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 side	amod
3	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 arid	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 range	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 range	det
6	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 range	compound
7	range	range	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 side	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 arid	cop
9	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	10 arid	advmod
10	arid	arid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the windward side of a mountain range					arid, invariably property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The leeward side of a mountain range receives markedly less precipitation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 side	det
2	leeward	leeward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 side	amod
3	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 receives	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 range	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 range	det
6	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 range	compound
7	range	range	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 side	nmod
8	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	markedly	markedly	ADV	_	10 less	advmod
10	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 precipitation	amod
11	precipitation	precipitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 receives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	present	the leeward side of a mountain range	less precipitation					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precipitation=Theme

Option 3

Rain shadows occur exclusively within the polar regions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shadows	compound
2	shadows	shadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 occur	nsubj
3	occur	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 occur	advmod
5	within	within	ADP	_	8 regions	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 regions	det
7	polar	polar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 regions	amod
8	regions	region	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 occur	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	Rain shadows					within the polar regions; exclusively property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Precipitation is distributed equally on both sides of a range

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Precipitation	precipitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 distributed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 distributed	aux:pass
3	distributed	distribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	equally	equally	ADV	_	3 distributed	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 sides	case
6	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	7 sides	det
7	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 distributed	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 range	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 range	det
10	range	range	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sides	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distribute	present · passive		Precipitation		both sides of a range		equally property	vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

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