Test 10 · ★ · Deserts, rainforests and grasslands

why's the desert freezing at night when its boiling all day

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: desert · What happens: freeze, boil

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 66 «Deserts, rainforests and grasslands» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 freezing	advmod
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 freezing	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 desert	det
4	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 freezing	nsubj
5	freezing	freeze	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 boiling	advcl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 night	case
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 freezing	obl
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 boiling	advmod
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 boiling	nsubj
10	boiling	boil	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 boiling	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	present · progressive	the desert				night		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	boil	gerund	desert				day		vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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

Cold winds blow in from the sea every night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 winds	amod
2	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 blow	nsubj
3	blow	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADV	_	3 blow	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blow	obl
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 night	det
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blow	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow in	present	Cold winds				night	from the sea	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from sea=Co-Patient

Option 2

The desert is much higher up than other places

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 desert	det
2	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 higher	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 higher	cop
4	much	much	ADV	_	5 higher	advmod
5	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	up	up	ADV	_	5 higher	advmod
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 places	case
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 places	amod
9	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 higher	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the desert					than other places; high property	tree rules

Option 3

The sand sucks the heat down deep at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sand	det
2	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sucks	nsubj
3	sucks	suck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 heat	det
5	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sucks	obj
6	down	down	ADP	_	3 sucks	compound:prt
7	deep	deep	ADV	_	3 sucks	advmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 night	case
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sucks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suck down	present	the sand	the heat			night	deep property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent heat=Source

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

Dry clear air lets the heat escape fast at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 air	amod
2	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 air	amod
3	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lets	nsubj
4	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 heat	det
6	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lets	obj
7	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 lets	xcomp
8	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 escape	advmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 night	case
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 escape	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	present	Dry clear air	the heat					tree rules
2	escape	infinitive	the heat not said here				night	fast property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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