--- title: It is given that a wind is designated a north wind. Determine the di… — Wind and the air around the Earth · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a wind is designated a north wind. Determine the direction thereof. Exam question 3 of lesson 69 «Wind and the air around the Earth» 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/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/e3/) [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/) / [Wind and the air around the Earth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Wind and the air around the Earth It is given that a wind is designated a north wind. Determine the direction thereof. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, designate, determine · **To what, where:** It, wind, direction This is exam question 3 of lesson 69 «Wind and the air around the Earth» 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/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a wind is designated a north wind. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:69-wind-and-the-atmosphere:e3:1 # text = It is given that a wind is designated a north wind. 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 _ 8 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 designated designate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . 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 | **designate** | present · passive | | a wind | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme wind=Attribute | 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. *Sentence 2:* Determine the direction thereof. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:69-wind-and-the-atmosphere:e3:2 # text = Determine the direction thereof. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the direction | | | | thereof *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It blows from the south ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:69-wind-and-the-atmosphere:e3:o1:1 # text = It blows from the south 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 blows blow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow** | present | It | | | | | from the south | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from south=Co-Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} It blows towards the north ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:69-wind-and-the-atmosphere:e3:o2:1 # text = It blows towards the north 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 blows blow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 towards towards ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow** | present | It | | | | | towards the north | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent towards north=Recipient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It blows from the north ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:69-wind-and-the-atmosphere:e3:o3:1 # text = It blows from the north 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 blows blow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow** | present | It | | | | | from the north | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from north=Co-Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It blows only at the North Pole ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:69-wind-and-the-atmosphere:e3:o4:1 # text = It blows only at the North Pole 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 blows blow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Pole Pole PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow** | present | It | | | the North Pole | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | **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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