Test 6 · ★ · Climate zones and why they are where they are

Sam is drawing a map and puts the Sahara right on the equator. Fix it.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sam, you · What happens: draw, put, fix · To what, where: map, Sahara, equator

This is test 6 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: Sam is drawing a map and puts the Sahara right on the equator.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 drawing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 drawing	aux
3	drawing	draw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 map	det
5	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drawing	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 puts	cc
7	puts	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 drawing	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Sahara	det
9	Sahara	Sahara	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 puts	obj
10	right	right	ADV	_	13 equator	advmod
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 equator	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 equator	det
13	equator	equator	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 puts	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 drawing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	present · progressive	Sam	a map					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Theme
2	put	present	Sam not said here	the Sahara		the equator			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent sahara=Theme on equator=Destination

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: Fix it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fix	fix	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Fix	obj
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Fix	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	imperative	you not said here	Sahara					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient

The options

Option 1

He is right, the hottest and driest deserts all sit on the equator

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 deserts	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 deserts	det
6	hottest	hot	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 deserts	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 driest	cc
8	driest	dry	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 deserts	amod
9	deserts	desert	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 right	obl
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 sit	advmod
11	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 deserts	acl:relcl
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 equator	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 equator	det
14	equator	equator	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					the hottest driest deserts obl; right property	tree rules
2	sit	present	the hottest driest deserts not said here			the equator			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on equator=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The Sahara lies at about 50 degrees north, level with southern England

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Sahara	det
2	Sahara	Sahara	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 lies	nsubj
3	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 degrees	case
5	about	about	ADV	_	6 50	advmod
6	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 degrees	nummod
7	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lies	obl
8	north	north	ADV	_	3 lies	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 level	punct
10	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lies	parataxis
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 England	case
12	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 England	amod
13	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 lies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	the Sahara			50 degrees		with southern England; north property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at degree=Location

Option 3

The Sahara is in the temperate zone, the same as Britain and France

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Sahara	det
2	Sahara	Sahara	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 zone	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 zone	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 zone	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 zone	det
6	temperate	temperate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 zone	amod
7	zone	zone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 same	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 same	det
10	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 zone	conj
11	as	as	ADP	_	12 Britain	case
12	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 same	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 France	cc
14	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Britain	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Sahara			the temperate zone			tree rules
2	be		the Sahara not said here					as Britain and France	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Big hot deserts lie at about 20 to 30 degrees, not on the equator

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 deserts	amod
2	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 deserts	amod
3	deserts	desert	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lie	nsubj
4	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	10 degrees	case
6	about	about	ADV	_	7 20	advmod
7	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 degrees	nummod
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 30	case
9	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 20	nmod
10	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lie	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 equator	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 equator	advmod
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 equator	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 equator	det
15	equator	equator	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lie	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	Big hot deserts			20 degrees		on the equator	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at degree=Location

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