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title: A traveller goes from the equator to the North Pole. What does she f… — Climate zones · tree and pragmatics
description: A traveller goes from the equator to the North Pole. What does she find on the way? Test 1 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 wrong.
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# Test 1 · Climate zones

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A traveller goes from the equator to the North Pole. What does she find on the way?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** traveller · **What happens:** go, find · **To what, where:** North Pole, equator, way

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This is test 1 of lesson 16 «Climate zones» 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/16-climate-zones/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A traveller goes from the equator to the North Pole.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:t1:1
# text = A traveller goes from the equator to the North Pole.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	traveller	traveller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	equator	equator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | a traveller |  | the North Pole | the equator |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from equator=Initial\_Location to pole=Destination |

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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 does she find on the way?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:t1:2
# text = What does she find on the way?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present · do-support | traveller |  |  | the way |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Icy lands all the way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:t1:o1:1
# text = Icy lands all the way
1	Icy	icy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Hot lands, then lands with four seasons, then icy lands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:t1:o2:1
# text = Hot lands, then lands with four seasons, then icy lands
1	Hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	lands	land	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	seasons	season	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
11	icy	icy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | present | Hot lands and icy lands *not said here* |  |  |  | then; season |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Lands that get hotter and hotter the farther north she travels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:t1:o3:1
# text = Lands that get hotter and hotter the farther north she travels
1	Lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	hotter	hot	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	hotter	hot	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	farther	far	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
9	north	north	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	travels	travel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Lands |  |  |  |  | far, hot *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **travel** | present | Lands |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The same climate everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:t1:o4:1
# text = The same climate everywhere
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	climate	climate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

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