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title: «death valley's the hottest place ever, 100 percent proven» What is… — Deserts · tree and pragmatics
description: «death valley's the hottest place ever, 100 percent proven» What is the fairest answer? Test 8 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 8 · Deserts

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«death valley's the hottest place ever, 100 percent proven» What is the fairest answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** death valley, 100 percent · **What happens:** be, prove · **To what, where:** hottest place, 100 percent, fairest answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:18-deserts:t8:1
# text = «death valley's the hottest place ever, 100 percent proven» What is the fairest answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	hottest	hot	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	percent	percent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
12	proven	prove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	obj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	fairest	fair	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	amod	_	_
18	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | death valley | the hottest place |  |  | ever |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **prove** *in a quote* | participle | 100 percent *not said here* | 100 percent |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 3 | **be** *speech: assert* | present |  | the fairest answer |  |  |  |  | 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 is proven beyond any doubt by every single expert who has looked

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:18-deserts:t8:o1:1
# text = Yes, it is proven beyond any doubt by every single expert who has looked
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:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	proven	prove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	doubt	doubt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
11	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	expert	expert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
14	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	looked	look	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present · passive | every single expert | it |  |  |  | beyond any doubt | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | present · perfect | every single expert |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, Antarctica is hotter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:18-deserts:t8:o2:1
# text = No, Antarctica is hotter
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	hotter	hot	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It holds the record of 56.7 degrees, but some experts doubt that reading

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:18-deserts:t8:o3:1
# text = It holds the record of 56.7 degrees, but some experts doubt that reading
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	56.7	56.7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	experts	expert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	doubt	doubt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	det	_	_
14	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | It | the record of 56.7 degrees |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent record=Theme |
| 2 | **doubt** | present | some experts | that reading |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reading=Theme |
| 3 | **record** |  |  | 56.7 degrees |  |  |  |  | nom record «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, London is hotter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:18-deserts:t8:o4:1
# text = No, London is hotter
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	hotter	hot	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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

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