--- title: My mate says it's summer cos Earth is closer to the Sun. Right? — Climate zones and why they are where t… · tree and pragmatics description: My mate says it's summer cos Earth is closer to the Sun. Right? Test 1 · ★ 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 was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Climate zones and why they are where t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Climate zones and why they are where they are My mate says it's summer cos Earth is closer to the Sun. Right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, summer · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** summer · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 21 «Climate zones and why they are where they are» 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/21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:t1:1 # text = My mate says it's summer cos Earth is closer to the Sun. Right? 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 ccomp _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Sun. Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 Right right INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | My mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | mate | summer | | | | cos Earth | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | summer | | | | sunday | close *property* | tree rules | 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} Yes, but only in the northern hemisphere ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:t1:o1:1 # text = Yes, but only in the northern hemisphere 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 hemisphere hemisphere NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, the tilt of the axis makes the seasons ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:t1:o2:1 # text = No, the tilt of the axis makes the seasons 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tilt tilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 axis axis NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 seasons season NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | the tilt of the axis | | | | season | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 2 | **tilt** | | the axis | | | | | | nom tilt «event intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, the Sun just shines harder in summer ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:t1:o3:1 # text = No, the Sun just shines harder in summer 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 shines shine VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 harder hard ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 xcomp _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | present | the Sun | | | | | hard *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, Earth is closest to the Sun in summer ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:t1:o4:1 # text = Yes, Earth is closest to the Sun in summer 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 closest close ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Earth | | | | summer | to the Sun; close *property* | tree rules | **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. 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