Test 3 · ★ · Climate zones and why they are where they are

why's it always raining in the rainforest, it's not even near the sea half the time

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: it, rainforest · What happens: rain, not be · To what, where: rainforest, sea

This is test 3 · ★ 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 raining	advmod
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 raining	aux
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 raining	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 raining	advmod
5	raining	rain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 rainforest	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rainforest	det
8	rainforest	rainforest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 raining	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 sea	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 sea	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 sea	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 sea	advmod
13	even	even	ADV	_	16 sea	advmod
14	near	near	ADP	_	16 sea	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sea	det
16	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 raining	conj
17	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	19 time	det:predet
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 time	det
19	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 raining	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rain	present · progressive	it			the rainforest	time	always property	vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»
2	not is	present	rainforest			the sea			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

Rainforest trees make the rain themselves out of nothing, every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rainforest	rainforest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trees	compound
2	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	nsubj
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rain	det
5	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 make	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	9 nothing	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 nothing	case
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 make	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 day	punct
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 nothing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Rainforest trees	the rain		nothing			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset rain=Beneficiary themselves=Product

Option 2

The rain is blown there all the way from the cold seas near the poles

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rain	det
2	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blown	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 blown	aux:pass
4	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 blown	advmod
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 way	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blown	obl:unmarked
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 seas	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 seas	det
11	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 seas	amod
12	seas	sea	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 blown	obl
13	near	near	ADP	_	15 poles	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 poles	det
15	poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 blown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	present · passive		the rain		there		near the poles; from the cold seas; all way obl:unmarked	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient from sea=Co-Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Near the equator strong sun heats moist air, which rises and rains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Near	near	ADP	_	3 equator	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 equator	det
3	equator	equator	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heats	obl
4	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sun	amod
5	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heats	nsubj
6	heats	heat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	moist	moist	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 air	amod
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heats	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 rises	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 rises	nsubj
11	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 heats	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 rains	cc
13	rains	rain	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 rises	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heat	present	strong sun	moist air		the equator			vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent air=Patient
2	rise	present							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The equator has the most clouds because it is the coldest part of Earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 equator	det
2	equator	equator	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 clouds	det
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 clouds	amod
6	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 part	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 part	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 part	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 part	det
11	coldest	cold	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 part	amod
12	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 Earth	case
14	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the equator	the most clouds					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloud=Patient
2	is a	present	equator	the coldest part				of Earth	tree rules

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