Test 1 · ★★★ · Winds, monsoons and ocean currents

Why does a beach often get a breeze from the sea in the afternoon?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: do, get · To what, where: beach, breeze, sea

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 22 «Winds, monsoons and ocean currents» 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	6 get	advmod
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 get	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 beach	det
4	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
5	often	often	ADV	_	6 get	advmod
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 breeze	det
8	breeze	breeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 afternoon	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 afternoon	det
14	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		a beach					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beach=Eventuality
2	get	present		a breeze		the sea	afternoon	often property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent breeze=Theme from sea=Source

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The land heats faster, its air rises and sea air flows in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 land	det
2	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heats	nsubj
3	heats	heat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 heats	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 rises	punct
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 air	nmod:poss
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rises	nsubj
8	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 heats	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 flows	cc
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 air	compound
11	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 flows	nsubj
12	flows	flow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 rises	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	12 flows	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	heat	present	the land	fast property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	rise	present	land's air		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	flow in	present	sea air		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The Sun pulls the air off the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Sun	det
2	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 pulls	nsubj
3	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 air	det
5	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pulls	obj
6	off	off	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pulls	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	present	the Sun	the air		the water			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent air=Theme off water=Initial_Location

Option 3

The sea is warmer than the land in the afternoon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sea	det
2	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 warmer	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 warmer	cop
4	warmer	warm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	7 land	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 land	det
7	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 warmer	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 afternoon	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 afternoon	det
10	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 land	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the sea					than the land in the afternoon; warm property	tree rules

Option 4

The tide pushes the air towards the land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tide	det
2	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushes	nsubj
3	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 air	det
5	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushes	obj
6	towards	towards	ADP	_	8 land	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 land	det
8	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	present	the tide	the air		the land			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent air=Theme towards land=Trajectory

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