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Test 9 · ★ · Climate zones and why they are where they are

The Atacama in Chile is bone dry though the Andes beside it get snow. Why?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Andes · What happens: be, get · To what, where: bone, snow

This is test 9 · ★ 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: The Atacama in Chile is bone dry though the Andes beside it get snow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Atacama	det
2	Atacama	Atacama	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 bone	nmod:poss
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Chile	case
4	Chile	Chile	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Atacama	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bone	cop
6	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bone	amod
8	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 get	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Andes	det
10	Andes	Ande	PROPN	Number=Plur	13 get	nsubj
11	beside	beside	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 Andes	nmod
13	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dry	advcl
14	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 get	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bone	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the Atacama in Chile's bone					tree rules
2	get	present	the Andes beside bone	snow					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer snow=Stimulus

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: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

The ocean next to it is warm, so it dries the air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ocean	det
2	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 warm	nsubj
3	next	next	ADV	_	2 ocean	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ocean	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 warm	cop
7	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dries	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 dries	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 dries	nsubj
11	dries	dry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 warm	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 air	det
13	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dries	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the ocean to it					warm property	tree rules
2	dry	present	ocean	the air					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient air=Result

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It lies right on the equator, where rain never falls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lies	nsubj
2	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	right	right	ADV	_	2 lies	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 equator	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 equator	det
6	equator	equator	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lies	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 falls	punct
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 falls	advmod
9	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 falls	nsubj
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 falls	advmod
11	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lies	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	It			the equator		right property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on equator=Location
2	not fall	present	rain						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It is far too cold there for any rain to fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cold	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cold	cop
3	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 cold	advmod
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 cold	advmod
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 cold	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 rain	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 rain	det
9	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cold	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 fall	mark
11	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 rain	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			there		for any rain; cold, far property	tree rules
2	fall	to-infinitive							vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It lies partly in the rain shadow of the Andes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lies	nsubj
2	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	partly	partly	ADV	_	2 lies	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 shadow	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shadow	det
6	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shadow	compound
7	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lies	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 Andes	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Andes	det
10	Andes	Ande	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 shadow	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	It			the rain shadow of the Andes		partly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in shadow=Location
2	shadow			the Andes					nom shadow «state transitive»: of=patient

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