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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the trade winds? Exam question 2 of lesson 22 «Winds, monsoons and ocean currents» 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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# Exam question 2 · Winds, monsoons and ocean currents

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the trade winds?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** trade winds

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 22 «Winds, monsoons and ocean currents» 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/22-winds-monsoons-and-ocean-currents/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:22-winds-monsoons-and-ocean-currents:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the trade winds?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 |  | the trade winds |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Gales prevailing between forty and fifty degrees south

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:22-winds-monsoons-and-ocean-currents:e2:o1:1
# text = Gales prevailing between forty and fifty degrees south
1	Gales	gale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	prevailing	prevail	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
8	south	south	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevail** | gerund | Gales and fifty degrees *not said here* |  |  | forty |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between forty=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Calm and inconstant airs confined to the equatorial belt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:22-winds-monsoons-and-ocean-currents:e2:o2:1
# text = Calm and inconstant airs confined to the equatorial belt
1	Calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	inconstant	inconstant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	airs	air	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	confined	confine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	equatorial	equatorial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confine** | participle |  | Calm airs *not said here* |  | the equatorial belt |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to belt=Destination |

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

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Steady winds blowing from the east towards the equator within the tropics

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:22-winds-monsoons-and-ocean-currents:e2:o3:1
# text = Steady winds blowing from the east towards the equator within the tropics
1	Steady	steady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	east	east	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	equator	equator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	within	within	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tropics	tropic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | gerund | Steady winds *not said here* |  |  |  |  | towards the equator; within the tropics; from the east | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from east=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Variable winds blowing from the west over the middle latitudes of both hemispheres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:22-winds-monsoons-and-ocean-currents:e2:o4:1
# text = Variable winds blowing from the west over the middle latitudes of both hemispheres
1	Variable	variable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	west	west	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	middle	middle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	latitudes	latitude	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	hemispheres	hemisphere	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | gerund | Variable winds *not said here* |  |  |  |  | over the middle latitudes of both hemispheres; from the west | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from west=Co-Patient |

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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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