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title: «ugh the gobi's a desert so it's boiling all year yeah» What is right? — Deserts · tree and pragmatics
description: «ugh the gobi's a desert so it's boiling all year yeah» What is right? Test 11 of lesson 18 «Deserts» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 11 · Deserts

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«ugh the gobi's a desert so it's boiling all year yeah» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** gobi, desert · **What happens:** be, boil · **To what, where:** desert

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This is test 11 of lesson 18 «Deserts» of the geography 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/18-deserts/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:18-deserts:t11:1
# text = «ugh the gobi's a desert so it's boiling all year yeah» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	ugh	ugh	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gobi	gobi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	boiling	boil	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	18	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the gobi | a desert |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **boil** *in a quote* | present · progressive | desert | a desert *not said here* |  |  | year |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument desert=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present | a desert |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, it never goes below 30 degrees, not even on the coldest winter nights

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:18-deserts:t11:o1:1
# text = Yes, it never goes below 30 degrees, not even on the coldest winter nights
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	below	below	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	coldest	cold	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	16	amod	_	_
15	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** | present | it | 30 degrees |  |  | night |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, it is a cold desert with winters below minus 30 degrees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:18-deserts:t11:o2:1
# text = No, it is a cold desert with winters below minus 30 degrees
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	winters	winter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	below	below	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	minus	minus	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a cold desert |  |  | winter |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it is hot every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:18-deserts:t11:o3:1
# text = Yes, it is hot every day
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  | day | hot *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it is a rainforest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:18-deserts:t11:o4:1
# text = No, it is a rainforest
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rainforest	rainforest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a rainforest |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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