--- title: It is given that the Northern Hemisphere is inclined towards the Sun… — The seasons and the tilt of the axis · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that the Northern Hemisphere is inclined towards the Sun. State the season then prevailing in the Southern Hemisphere. 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State the season then prevailing in the Southern Hemisphere. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** give, incline, prevail · **To what, where:** It, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere This is exam question 2 of lesson 2 «The seasons and the tilt of the axis» 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/2-seasons-and-the-tilt/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:2-seasons-and-the-tilt:e2:1 # text = It is given that the Northern Hemisphere is inclined towards the Sun. State the season then prevailing in the Southern Hemisphere. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 Hemisphere hemisphere NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 inclined incline VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 10 towards towards ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 Sun. Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 State State PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 season season NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 16 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 17 prevailing prevail VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 Southern Southern PROPN NNP _ 21 compound _ _ 21 Hemisphere hemisphere NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **incline** | present · passive | | the Northern Hemisphere | | | season | | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **prevail** | gerund | | | | the Southern Hemisphere | then | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hemisphere=Location | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Summer ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:2-seasons-and-the-tilt:e2:o1:1 # text = Summer 1 Summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} No season whatsoever ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:2-seasons-and-the-tilt:e2:o2:1 # text = No season whatsoever 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 season season NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:2-seasons-and-the-tilt:e2:o3:1 # text = Winter 1 Winter Winter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Spring ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:2-seasons-and-the-tilt:e2:o4:1 # text = Spring 1 Spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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