--- title: Identify the principal reason for which the tropics remain hot throu… — Climate zones · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which the tropics remain hot throughout the year. Exam question 2 of lesson 16 «Climate zones» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/16-climate-zones/e2/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Climate zones](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/16-climate-zones/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Climate zones Identify the principal reason for which the tropics remain hot throughout the year. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, tropics · **What happens:** identify, remain · **To what, where:** principal reason This is exam question 2 of lesson 16 «Climate zones» of the world 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/world/16-climate-zones/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:e2:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which the tropics remain hot throughout the year. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tropics tropic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 remain remain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 10 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 11 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **remain** | present | the tropics | | | | | for the principal reason; hot *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} They lie nearest to the Sun in distance ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:e2:o1:1 # text = They lie nearest to the Sun in distance 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lie lie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 parataxis _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | present | They | | | | | to the Sun; in distance | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in distance=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} They are surrounded by warm oceans alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:e2:o2:1 # text = They are surrounded by warm oceans alone 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 oceans ocean NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:agent _ _ 7 alone alone ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **surround** | present · passive | warm oceans | They | | | | alone *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The rays of the Sun strike them most directly ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:e2:o3:1 # text = The rays of the Sun strike them most directly 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rays ray NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 strike strike VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 9 advmod _ _ 9 directly directly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | present | the rays of the Sun | them *= they* | | | | directly *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 2 | **ray** | | | the Sun | | | | | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} They receive heat from the Earth's interior ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:e2:o4:1 # text = They receive heat from the Earth's interior 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 receive receive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 interior interior NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **receive** | present | They | heat | | the Earth's interior | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent heat=Theme from interior=Source | **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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