Test 10 · ★ · Climate zones and why they are where they are

What's the midnight sun then?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: midnight sun · What happens: be

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 21 «Climate zones and why they are where they are» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sun	det
4	midnight	midnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sun	compound
5	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 What	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the midnight sun				then		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

Sunshine at midnight that only happens on the equator in June

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sunshine	Sunshine	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 midnight	compound
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 midnight	case
3	midnight	midnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 happens	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 happens	advmod
6	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 midnight	acl:relcl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 equator	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 equator	det
9	equator	equator	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 happens	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 June	case
11	June	June	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 happens	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	Sunshine midnight			the equator	june		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on equator=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The full Moon shining as brightly as the Sun in the far north

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Moon	det
2	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Moon	amod
3	Moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	shining	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 Moon	acl
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 brightly	advmod
6	brightly	brightly	ADV	_	4 shining	advmod
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 Sun	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Sun	det
9	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 shining	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 north	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 north	det
12	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 north	amod
13	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shine	gerund	the full Moon not said here			the far north		as the Sun; brightly property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in north=Location

Option 3

A second sun that appears near the North Pole every summer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sun	det
2	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 sun	amod
3	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 appears	nsubj
5	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sun	acl:relcl
6	near	near	ADP	_	9 Pole	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Pole	det
8	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Pole	compound
9	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 appears	obl
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 summer	det
11	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 appears	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appear	present	a second sun			the North Pole	summer		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near pole=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Inside the polar circles the Sun can stay up all night in summer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Inside	inside	ADP	_	4 circles	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 polar	det
3	polar	polar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 circles	nsubj
4	circles	circle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stay	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sun	det
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 circles	obj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 stay	aux
8	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 stay	compound:prt
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 night	det
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stay	obl:unmarked
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 summer	case
13	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	circle	present	the polar	the Sun					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sun=Co-Theme
2	stay up	can					night; summer		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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