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# Exam question 2 · Climate zones and why they are where they are

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a Mediterranean climate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** Mediterranean climate

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 21 «Climate zones and why they are where they are» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a Mediterranean climate?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Mediterranean	Mediterranean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	climate	climate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a Mediterranean climate |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Precipitation negligible throughout the year, found solely around the Mediterranean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:e2:o1:1
# text = Precipitation negligible throughout the year, found solely around the Mediterranean
1	Precipitation	precipitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	negligible	negligible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
3	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	around	around	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Mediterranean	Mediterranean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | Precipitation |  |  | the Mediterranean |  | solely *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Winters prolonged and severe, summers brief and cool, found chiefly inland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:e2:o2:1
# text = Winters prolonged and severe, summers brief and cool, found chiefly inland
1	Winters	winter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	severe	severe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	summers	summer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	brief	brief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
12	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	inland	inland	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prolong** | past | Winters |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **summer** | present | Winters *not said here* |  |  |  |  | brief *property* | vn weekend-56 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **find** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | chiefly, inland *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Precipitation abundant in every month, temperatures uniformly high

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:e2:o3:1
# text = Precipitation abundant in every month, temperatures uniformly high
1	Precipitation	precipitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
2	abundant	abundant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	temperatures	temperature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	uniformly	uniformly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Summers hot and dry, winters mild and wet, found on several continents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:e2:o4:1
# text = Summers hot and dry, winters mild and wet, found on several continents
1	Summers	summer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	winters	winter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	mild	mild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	continents	continent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | participle |  |  |  | several continents |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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