Test 5 · Climate zones
A climber in Africa reaches snow near the top of a mountain. Why is there snow?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: climber · What happens: reach, be · To what, where: snow, top
This is test 5 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
Sentence 1: A climber in Africa reaches snow near the top of a mountain.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 climber | det |
| 2 | climber | climber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reaches | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Africa | case |
| 4 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 climber | nmod |
| 5 | reaches | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reaches | obj |
| 7 | near | near | ADP | _ | 9 top | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 top | det |
| 9 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reaches | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 mountain | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 mountain | det |
| 12 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 top | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 reaches | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | present | a climber in Africa | snow | the top of a mountain | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent snow=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.
Sentence 2: Why is there snow?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | cop |
| 3 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 is | expl |
| 4 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | why property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She has walked towards the South Pole
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 walked | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 walked | aux |
| 3 | walked | walk | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 7 Pole | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Pole | det |
| 6 | South | South | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Pole | compound |
| 7 | Pole | Pole | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 walked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | present · perfect | She | towards the South Pole | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards pole=Destination |
Option 2
All of Africa has snowy winters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 Africa | det |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 Africa | case |
| 3 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | snowy | snowy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 winters | amod |
| 6 | winters | winter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | all Africa | winter | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It is much colder high up the mountain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 colder | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 colder | cop |
| 3 | much | much | ADV | _ | 4 colder | advmod |
| 4 | colder | cold | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | high | high | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 colder | advmod |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 mountain | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 mountain | det |
| 8 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 colder | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | up the mountain; cold, high property | tree rules |
Option 4
Sunlight cannot reach mountain tops
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunlight | sunlight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reach | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 reach | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 reach | advmod |
| 4 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tops | compound |
| 6 | tops | top | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 reach | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not reach | can | Sunlight | mountain tops | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent top=Theme |
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