--- title: Which is true about the seasons? — The seasons and the tilt of the axis · tree and pragmatics description: Which is true about the seasons? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 2 «The seasons and the tilt of the axis» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/2-seasons-and-the-tilt/t3/) [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/) / [The seasons and the tilt of the axis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/2-seasons-and-the-tilt/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · The seasons and the tilt of the axis Which is true about the seasons? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 2 «The seasons and the tilt of the axis» 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/2-seasons-and-the-tilt/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:2-seasons-and-the-tilt:t3:1 # text = Which is true about the seasons? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 seasons season NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | season | true *property* | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They come from the tilt, not from the distance to the Sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:2-seasons-and-the-tilt:t3:o1:1 # text = They come from the tilt, not from the distance to the Sun 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tilt tilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | They | | | the tilt | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from tilt=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} They come from the distance to the Sun, not from the tilt ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:2-seasons-and-the-tilt:t3:o2:1 # text = They come from the distance to the Sun, not from the tilt 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 tilt tilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | They | | | the tilt | | from the distance to the Sun | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from distance=Initial\_Location from tilt=Destination | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} They come from the Moon going around the Earth ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:2-seasons-and-the-tilt:t3:o3:1 # text = They come from the Moon going around the Earth 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 around around ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | They | | | the Moon | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from moon=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **go** | gerund | They *not said here* | | | the Earth | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme around earth=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} They come from the Sun moving up and down ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:2-seasons-and-the-tilt:t3:o4:1 # text = They come from the Sun moving up and down 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 moving move VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 up up ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 down down ADV RB _ 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | They | | | the Sun | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from sun=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **move up** | gerund | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | **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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