Test 12 · Wind and the air around the Earth

Mia says a north wind blows towards the north. true?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mia, north wind · What happens: say, blow · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 of lesson 69 «Wind and the air around the Earth» 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	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wind	det
4	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wind	compound
5	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blows	nsubj
6	blows	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
7	towards	towards	ADP	_	9 north	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 north	det
9	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blows	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 blows	punct
11	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 blows	xcomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Mia						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	blow	present	a north wind					towards the north; true property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent towards north=Recipient

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, but only in the Southern Hemisphere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 Hemisphere	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 Hemisphere	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 Hemisphere	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 Hemisphere	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Hemisphere	det
7	Southern	Southern	PROPN	_	8 Hemisphere	compound
8	Hemisphere	hemisphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

No, a north wind always blows from the east

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 blows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wind	det
4	north	north	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wind	amod
5	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blows	nsubj
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 blows	advmod
7	blows	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 east	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 east	det
10	east	east	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	present	a north wind					from the east; always property	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from east=Co-Patient

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

No, a wind is named after where it comes from, so it blows from the north

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 named	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 wind	det
4	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 named	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 named	aux:pass
6	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 comes	mark
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 comes	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 comes	nsubj
10	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 named	advcl
11	from	from	ADP	_	10 comes	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 blows	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	15 blows	advmod
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 blows	nsubj
15	blows	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 named	conj
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 north	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 north	det
18	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 blows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	name	present · passive		a wind		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	come	present	wind			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	blow	present	wind		from the north	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from north=Co-Patient

Option 4

Yes, winds are named after where they are going

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 named	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 named	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 named	aux:pass
5	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 going	mark
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 going	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 going	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 going	aux
10	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 named	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	present · passive		winds					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	go	present · progressive	winds = wind						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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