Test 3 · ★ · The British Isles and the United Kingdom

Why does the west of Britain get more rain than the east?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: west · What happens: do, get · To what, where: west, more rain

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 8 «The British Isles and the United Kingdom» 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	root	root
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	conj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 west	det
4	west	west	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Britain	case
6	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 get	obl
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 west	acl:relcl
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 rain	amod
9	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj
10	than	than	ADP	_	12 east	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 east	det
12	east	east	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rain	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		the west					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent west=Eventuality
2	get	present	the west not said here	more rain				of Britain; than the east	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rain=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.

The options

Option 1

The west has more rivers that make rain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 west	det
2	west	west	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 rivers	amod
5	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 make	nsubj
7	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rivers	acl:relcl
8	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the west	more rivers					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient
2	make	present	more rivers	rain					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rain=Product

Option 2

Rain clouds come from Russia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clouds	compound
2	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 come	nsubj
3	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 Russia	case
5	Russia	Russia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	Rain clouds			Russia			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from russia=Initial_Location

Option 3

The east is closer to the Sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 east	det
2	east	east	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 closer	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 closer	cop
4	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 Sun	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Sun	det
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 closer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the east					to the Sun; close property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wet winds from the Atlantic drop rain on the western hills first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 winds	amod
2	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 drop	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 Atlantic	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Atlantic	det
5	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 winds	nmod
6	drop	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drop	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 hills	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hills	det
10	western	western	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hills	amod
11	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 drop	obl
12	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 drop	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	present	Wet winds from the Atlantic	rain		the western hills		first property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rain=Theme on hill=Destination

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