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title: Two places are equally warm, but one gets 2,000 millimetres of rain… — Deserts, rainforests and grasslands · tree and pragmatics
description: Two places are equally warm, but one gets 2,000 millimetres of rain a year and the other 100. Which is more likely a desert? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 66 «Deserts, rainforests and grasslands» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 7 · ★ · Deserts, rainforests and grasslands

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Two places are equally warm, but one gets 2,000 millimetres of rain a year and the other 100. Which is more likely a desert?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Two places, one · **What happens:** be, get · **To what, where:** 2,000 millimetres

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 66 «Deserts, rainforests and grasslands» 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/66-deserts-rainforests-grasslands/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Two places are equally warm, but one gets 2,000 millimetres of rain a year and the other 100.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:66-deserts-rainforests-grasslands:t7:1
# text = Two places are equally warm, but one gets 2,000 millimetres of rain a year and the other 100.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	places	place	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	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nsubj	_	_
9	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	2,000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	millimetres	millimetre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	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 places |  |  |  |  | equally, warm *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present | one | 2,000 millimetres of rain |  |  | year |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer millimetre=Stimulus |

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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 is more likely a desert?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:66-deserts-rainforests-grasslands:t7:2
# text = Which is more likely a desert?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Both are deserts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:66-deserts-rainforests-grasslands:t7:o1:1
# text = Both are deserts
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	deserts	desert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | both deserts |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The one with 2,000 millimetres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:66-deserts-rainforests-grasslands:t7:o2:1
# text = The one with 2,000 millimetres
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	2,000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	millimetres	millimetre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The one with 100 millimetres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:66-deserts-rainforests-grasslands:t7:o3:1
# text = The one with 100 millimetres
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	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	millimetres	millimetre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Neither, because both are warm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:66-deserts-rainforests-grasslands:t7:o4:1
# text = Neither, because both are warm
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | both |  |  |  |  | neither, warm *property* | tree rules |

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