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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a rain shadow. Exam question 4 of lesson 21 «Climate zones and why they are where they are» 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
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# Exam question 4 · Climate zones and why they are where they are

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a rain shadow.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, rain shadow

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a rain shadow.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | a rain shadow |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus shadow=Experiencer |

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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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The windward side of a mountain range is invariably arid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:e4:o1:1
# text = The windward side of a mountain range is invariably arid
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	windward	windward	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	range	range	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	arid	arid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the windward side of a mountain range |  |  |  |  | arid, invariably *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The leeward side of a mountain range receives markedly less precipitation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:e4:o2:1
# text = The leeward side of a mountain range receives markedly less precipitation
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	leeward	leeward	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	range	range	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	receives	receive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	markedly	markedly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	amod	_	_
11	precipitation	precipitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | present | the leeward side of a mountain range | less precipitation |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precipitation=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rain shadows occur exclusively within the polar regions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:e4:o3:1
# text = Rain shadows occur exclusively within the polar regions
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	shadows	shadow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	occur	occur	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	regions	region	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | present | Rain shadows |  |  |  |  | within the polar regions; exclusively *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Precipitation is distributed equally on both sides of a range

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:e4:o4:1
# text = Precipitation is distributed equally on both sides of a range
1	Precipitation	precipitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	distributed	distribute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	range	range	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **distribute** | present · passive |  | Precipitation |  | both sides of a range |  | equally *property* | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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