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title: Two towns are equally far from the equator; one is on the coast and… — Climate zones · tree and pragmatics
description: Two towns are equally far from the equator; one is on the coast and one is far inland. Which usually has colder winters? Test 4 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 wro
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# Test 4 · Climate zones

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Two towns are equally far from the equator; one is on the coast and one is far inland. Which usually has colder winters?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Two towns, one · **What happens:** be, have · **To what, where:** equator, coast

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Two towns are equally far from the equator; one is on the coast and one is far inland.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:t4:1
# text = Two towns are equally far from the equator; one is on the coast and one is far inland.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	equator	equator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	19	advmod	_	_
19	inland	inland	ADV	RB	_	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Two towns |  |  | the equator |  | equally, far *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | one |  |  | the coast |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | one |  |  |  |  | far, inland *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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which usually has colder winters?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:t4:2
# text = Which usually has colder winters?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	obj	_	_
2	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	colder	cold	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	winters	winter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present |  |  |  |  | winter | usually *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The town on the coast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:t4:o1:1
# text = The town on the coast
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The one with more trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:t4:o2:1
# text = The one with more trees
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They must have the same winters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:t4:o3:1
# text = They must have the same winters
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	winters	winter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | must | They |  |  |  | winter |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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The town far inland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:t4:o4:1
# text = The town far inland
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	inland	inland	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

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