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title: Which shows that being nearer the Sun is NOT what makes a place warm? — Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which shows that being nearer the Sun is NOT what makes a place warm? Test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 50 «Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mountains and deserts» 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 wron
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mountains and deserts

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Which shows that being nearer the Sun is NOT what makes a place warm?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sun · **What happens:** show, be, not be, make · **To what, where:** place · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 50 «Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mountains and deserts» 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/50-why-the-earth-is-so/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:t9:1
# text = Which shows that being nearer the Sun is NOT what makes a place warm?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	nearer	near	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	NOT	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	parataxis	_	_
11	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | near *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **is a** | present | the Sun |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **make** | present |  | a place |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset place=Product |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Mountain tops are nearer the Sun but colder than valleys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:t9:o1:1
# text = Mountain tops are nearer the Sun but colder than valleys
1	Mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	tops	top	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	nearer	near	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	colder	cold	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	valleys	valley	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mountain tops |  |  |  |  | than valleys; near *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Mountain tops *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Deserts are hot in the daytime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:t9:o2:1
# text = Deserts are hot in the daytime
1	Deserts	desert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	daytime	daytime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Deserts |  |  | the daytime |  | hot *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Summer is warmer than winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:t9:o3:1
# text = Summer is warmer than winter
1	Summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	warmer	warm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Summer |  |  |  | winter | warm *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The equator is hotter than the poles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:t9:o4:1
# text = The equator is hotter than the poles
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	equator	equator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	hotter	hot	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the equator |  |  |  |  | than the poles; hot *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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