Exam question 2 · Climate zones

Identify the principal reason for which the tropics remain hot throughout the year.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, tropics · What happens: identify, remain · To what, where: principal reason

This is exam question 2 of lesson 16 «Climate zones» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 remain	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tropics	det
8	tropics	tropic	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 remain	nsubj
9	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
10	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 remain	xcomp
11	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	13 year	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 year	det
13	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hot	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	remain	present	the tropics					for the principal reason; hot property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

They lie nearest to the Sun in distance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lie	nsubj
2	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 lie	parataxis
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 Sun	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sun	det
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 lie	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 distance	case
8	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lie	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	They					to the Sun; in distance	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in distance=Location

Option 2

They are surrounded by warm oceans alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 surrounded	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 surrounded	aux:pass
3	surrounded	surround	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 oceans	case
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 oceans	amod
6	oceans	ocean	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 surrounded	obl:agent
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 surrounded	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surround	present · passive	warm oceans	They				alone property	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The rays of the Sun strike them most directly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rays	det
2	rays	ray	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 strike	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Sun	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Sun	det
5	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 rays	nmod
6	strike	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 strike	obj
8	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	9 directly	advmod
9	directly	directly	ADV	_	6 strike	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	present	the rays of the Sun	them = they				directly property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
2	ray			the Sun					nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

They receive heat from the Earth's interior

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 receive	nsubj
2	receive	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 receive	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	8 interior	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Earth	det
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 interior	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Earth	case
8	interior	interior	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 receive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	present	They	heat		the Earth's interior			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent heat=Theme from interior=Source

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