Test 7 · ★ · Climate zones and why they are where they are

In the game a whole province is stamped "temperate". What does that hide?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: that · What happens: stamp, temperate, hide · To what, where: whole province, game · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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: In the game a whole province is stamped "temperate".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 game	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 game	det
3	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stamped	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 province	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 province	amod
6	province	province	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stamped	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stamped	aux:pass
8	stamped	stamp	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 temperate	punct
10	temperate	temperate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 stamped	parataxis
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 temperate	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 stamped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stamp	present · passive		a whole province		the game			tree rules
2	temperate in a quote	infinitive							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.

Sentence 2: What does that hide?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 hide	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hide	aux
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 hide	nsubj
4	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 hide	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present · do-support	that						vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing, real climates are the same everywhere in a region

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 same	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 climates	amod
4	climates	climate	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 same	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 same	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 same	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 same	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 region	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 region	det
11	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 same	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Nothing			a region		everywhere, same property	tree rules

Option 2

That temperate lands never have any seasons, only one long mild spring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 temperate	nsubj
2	temperate	temperate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 have	advmod
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 temperate	ccomp
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 seasons	det
7	seasons	season	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 temperate	punct
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 one	advmod
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 spring	nummod
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 spring	amod
12	mild	mild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 spring	amod
13	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 temperate	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	temperate	present	That				spring		tree rules
2	not have	present	lands				season		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Valleys, hills and coasts in one region can have quite different climates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Valleys	valley	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 have	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 hills	punct
3	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Valleys	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 coasts	cc
5	coasts	coast	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Valleys	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 region	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 region	nummod
8	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Valleys	nmod
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 have	aux
10	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	quite	quite	ADV	_	12 different	advmod
12	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 climates	amod
13	climates	climate	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	can	Valleys in one region and hills and coasts	different climates					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent climate=Patient

Option 4

That every temperate land in the world gets exactly the same rainfall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 gets	nsubj
2	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 land	det
3	temperate	temperate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 land	amod
4	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gets	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 world	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 world	det
7	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 land	nmod
8	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	12 rainfall	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rainfall	det
11	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 rainfall	amod
12	rainfall	rainfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	That	the same rainfall					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rainfall=Stimulus

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