--- title: A country lies on the equator. What weather is most likely there? — The shape and size of the Earth, the p… · tree and pragmatics description: A country lies on the equator. What weather is most likely there? Test 4 of lesson 7 «The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator» 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/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/t4/) [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 shape and size of the Earth, the p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/) / t4 # Test 4 · The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator A country lies on the equator. What weather is most likely there? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** country · **What happens:** lie, be · **To what, where:** equator This is test 4 of lesson 7 «The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator» 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/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A country lies on the equator. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t4:1 # text = A country lies on the equator. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 equator equator NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | present | a country | | | the equator | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on equator=Location | 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:* What weather is most likely there? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t4:2 # text = What weather is most likely there? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 2 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 5 advmod _ _ 5 likely likely ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | likely, there *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Very cold winters ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t4:o1:1 # text = Very cold winters 1 Very very ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 winters winter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Ice all year round ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t4:o2:1 # text = Ice all year round 1 Ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ 4 round round ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Warm all year round ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t4:o3:1 # text = Warm all year round 1 Warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 round round ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Snow most of the year ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t4:o4:1 # text = Snow most of the year 1 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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