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title: Wanjiru's teacher in Kenya talks about the "long rains". What would… — Seasons, terms and holidays · tree and pragmatics
description: Wanjiru's teacher in Kenya talks about the "long rains". What would a visitor be wrong to expect there? Test 7 of lesson 113 «Seasons, terms and holidays» of the world 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 7 · Seasons, terms and holidays

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Wanjiru's teacher in Kenya talks about the "long rains". What would a visitor be wrong to expect there?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teacher · **What happens:** talk, be, expect

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This is test 7 of lesson 113 «Seasons, terms and holidays» of the world 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/world/113-seasons-terms-and-holidays/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Wanjiru's teacher in Kenya talks about the "long rains".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t7:1
# text = Wanjiru's teacher in Kenya talks about the "long rains".
1	Wanjiru	Wanjiru	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Kenya	Kenya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	rains	rain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | present | Wanjiru's teacher in Kenya |  |  |  |  | about the long rains | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about rain=Topic |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What would a visitor be wrong to expect there?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t7:2
# text = What would a visitor be wrong to expect there?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	visitor	visitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	expect	expect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	csubj	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **expect** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | there |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A season with lots of rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t7:o1:1
# text = A season with lots of rain
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Another rainy season later in the year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t7:o2:1
# text = Another rainy season later in the year
1	Another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	rainy	rainy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Warm weather most of the year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t7:o3:1
# text = Warm weather most of the year
1	Warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	nmod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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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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A cold snowy winter like in Canada

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t7:o4:1
# text = A cold snowy winter like in Canada
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	snowy	snowy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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