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title: What's the midnight sun then? — Climate zones and why they are where t… · tree and pragmatics
description: What's the midnight sun then? Test 10 · ★ 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.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Climate zones and why they are where they are

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What's the midnight sun then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** midnight sun · **What happens:** be

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This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:t10:1
# text = What's the midnight sun then?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the midnight sun |  |  |  | then |  | 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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Sunshine at midnight that only happens on the equator in June

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:t10:o1:1
# text = Sunshine at midnight that only happens on the equator in June
1	Sunshine	Sunshine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	equator	equator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present | Sunshine midnight |  |  | the equator | june |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on equator=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The full Moon shining as brightly as the Sun in the far north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:t10:o2:1
# text = The full Moon shining as brightly as the Sun in the far north
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	brightly	brightly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | gerund | the full Moon *not said here* |  |  | the far north |  | as the Sun; brightly *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in north=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A second sun that appears near the North Pole every summer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:t10:o3:1
# text = A second sun that appears near the North Pole every summer
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	appears	appear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | present | a second sun |  |  | the North Pole | summer |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near pole=Location |

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

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Inside the polar circles the Sun can stay up all night in summer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:t10:o4:1
# text = Inside the polar circles the Sun can stay up all night in summer
1	Inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
4	circles	circle	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **circle** | present | the polar | the Sun |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sun=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **stay up** | can |  |  |  |  | night; summer |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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