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title: A cartoon climber on Everest says there's no air up there at all. Wh… — The air we breathe · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon climber on Everest says there's no air up there at all. What's true? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 33 «The air we breathe» of the chemistry 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 5 · ★★ · The air we breathe

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A cartoon climber on Everest says there's no air up there at all. What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon climber, air · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** all · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 33 «The air we breathe» of the chemistry 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/chemistry/33-the-air-we-breathe/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon climber on Everest says there's no air up there at all.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t5:1
# text = A cartoon climber on Everest says there's no air up there at all.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	climber	climber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Everest	Everest	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	8	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
11	up	up	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a cartoon climber on Everest |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **be** | present | no air |  |  | all; there; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location |

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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:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t5:2
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The air is made of ice up there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t5:o1:1
# text = The air is made of ice up there
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	up	up	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | the air |  | there |  | of ice | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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There is no air at all above the highest clouds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t5:o2:1
# text = There is no air at all above the highest clouds
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	above	above	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | no air |  |  | the highest clouds; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at cloud=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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There is more oxygen high up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t5:o3:1
# text = There is more oxygen high up
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	up	up	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | more oxygen |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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There is air, but each breath has less oxygen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t5:o4:1
# text = There is air, but each breath has less oxygen
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | air |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | present | each breath | less oxygen |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oxygen=Patient |

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