Test 13 · Climate zones

Tom says the coast is colder in winter than inland cos of the sea. right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tom, coast · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 of lesson 16 «Climate zones» of the world 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	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 coast	det
4	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 colder	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 colder	cop
6	colder	cold	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 says	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 winter	case
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 colder	obl
9	than	than	ADP	_	11 cos	case
10	inland	inland	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cos	amod
11	cos	co	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 colder	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 sea	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sea	det
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cos	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 colder	punct
16	right	right	INTJ	_	2 says	discourse
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Tom						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the coast				winter	than inland cos of the sea; cold property	tree rules

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

Yes, the sea freezes the air near it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 freezes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sea	det
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 freezes	nsubj
5	freezes	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 air	det
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 freezes	obj
8	near	near	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 freezes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	present	the sea	the air		air			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient air=Result

Option 2

No, the coast is colder because of the sand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 colder	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 coast	det
4	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 colder	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 colder	cop
6	colder	cold	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
7	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	10 sand	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	7 because	fixed
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sand	det
10	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 colder	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the coast					because the sand; cold property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, the sea always makes winters colder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 makes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sea	det
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 makes	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 makes	advmod
6	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	winters	winter	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 makes	obj
8	colder	cold	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the sea				winter	always, cold property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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

No, the sea cools slowly and usually makes coasts milder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 cools	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sea	det
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cools	nsubj
5	cools	cool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	5 cools	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 makes	cc
8	usually	usually	ADV	_	9 makes	advmod
9	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cools	conj
10	coasts	coast	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 makes	obj
11	milder	mild	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cool	present	the sea					slowly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	make	present	the sea not said here	coasts				mild, usually property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset coast=Product

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