Exam question 4 · Climate zones

Identify the principal reason for which lofty peaks near the equator may bear snow.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, lofty peaks · What happens: identify, bear · To what, where: principal reason, snow

This is exam question 4 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	13 bear	obl
7	lofty	lofty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 peaks	amod
8	peaks	peak	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 bear	nsubj
9	near	near	ADP	_	11 equator	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 equator	det
11	equator	equator	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 peaks	nmod
12	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 bear	aux
13	bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	acl
14	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bear	obj
15	.	.	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	bear	may	lofty peaks near the equator	snow				for the principal reason	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer snow=Stimulus for which=Attribute

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

Mountains are nearer to the poles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 nearer	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 nearer	cop
3	nearer	near	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 poles	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 poles	det
6	poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 nearer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Mountains					to the poles; near property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The air becomes colder with increasing altitude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 air	det
2	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 becomes	nsubj
3	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	colder	cold	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 becomes	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 altitude	case
6	increasing	increasing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 altitude	compound
7	altitude	altitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 colder	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	the air					cold property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The equator receives snowfall throughout the year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 equator	det
2	equator	equator	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receives	nsubj
3	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	snowfall	snowfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receives	obj
5	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	7 year	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 year	det
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	present	the equator	snowfall			year		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snowfall=Theme

Option 4

The Sun does not shine upon mountains

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	5 shine	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shine	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 shine	advmod
5	shine	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 mountains	case
7	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 shine	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not shine	present · do-support	the Sun			mountains			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon mountain=Location

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