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title: Mia says a north wind blows towards the north. true? — Wind and the air around the Earth · tree and pragmatics
description: Mia says a north wind blows towards the north. true? Test 12 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 right.
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# Test 12 · Wind and the air around the Earth

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Mia says a north wind blows towards the north. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mia, north wind · **What happens:** say, blow · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 of lesson 69 «Wind and the air around the Earth» 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/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:69-wind-and-the-atmosphere:t12:1
# text = Mia says a north wind blows towards the north. true?
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	blows	blow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
11	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mia |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **blow** | present | a north wind |  |  |  |  | towards the north; true *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent towards north=Recipient |

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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 {#o1}

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Yes, but only in the Southern Hemisphere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:69-wind-and-the-atmosphere:t12:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only in the Southern Hemisphere
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Southern	Southern	PROPN	NNP	_	8	compound	_	_
8	Hemisphere	hemisphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, a north wind always blows from the east

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:69-wind-and-the-atmosphere:t12:o2:1
# text = No, a north wind always blows from the east
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	north	north	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	blows	blow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	east	east	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | present | a north wind |  |  |  |  | from the east; always *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from east=Co-Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, a wind is named after where it comes from, so it blows from the north

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:69-wind-and-the-atmosphere:t12:o3:1
# text = No, a wind is named after where it comes from, so it blows from the north
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	blows	blow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | present · passive |  | a wind |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | present | wind |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **blow** | present | wind |  |  |  |  | from the north | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from north=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, winds are named after where they are going

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:69-wind-and-the-atmosphere:t12:o4:1
# text = Yes, winds are named after where they are going
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | present · passive |  | winds |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | present · progressive | winds *= wind* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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