---
title: What would happen if a visitor flew straight from the beach to La Pa… — Latin America and the Caribbean · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if a visitor flew straight from the beach to La Paz and ran up a hill? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 14 «Latin America and the Caribbean» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/t4/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Latin America and the Caribbean](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/) / t4

# Test 4 · ★★ · Latin America and the Caribbean

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What would happen if a visitor flew straight from the beach to La Paz and ran up a hill?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** visitor · **What happens:** happen, fly, run up · **To what, where:** beach, hill

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 14 «Latin America and the Caribbean» of the geography 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/geography/14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:t4:1
# text = What would happen if a visitor flew straight from the beach to La Paz and ran up a hill?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	visitor	visitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	La	La	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	Paz	Paz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	flat	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
17	up	up	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fly** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a visitor |  |  | the beach to La |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from beach=Trajectory |
| 3 | **run up** | past | a visitor *not said here* | a hill |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hill=Trajectory |

<!-- .note -->
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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They would get warmer and warmer the higher up they went, as they near the Sun

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:t4:o1:1
# text = They would get warmer and warmer the higher up they went, as they near the Sun
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	warmer	warm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	warmer	warm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	parataxis	_	_
9	up	up	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	near	near	ADP	IN	_	13	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | They |  |  |  |  | as the Sun; warm *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as sun=Attribute |
| 2 | **go** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They could feel short of breath, because the air holds less oxygen up high

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:t4:o2:1
# text = They could feel short of breath, because the air holds less oxygen up high
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
15	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | could | They |  |  |  |  | short *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **hold up** | present | the air | less oxygen |  |  |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot oxygen=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, the air is the same everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:t4:o3:1
# text = Nothing, the air is the same everywhere
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | everywhere, same *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They would float a little, because the air up there is so much lighter

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:t4:o4:1
# text = They would float a little, because the air up there is so much lighter
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	float	float	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
10	up	up	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	much	much	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	lighter	light	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	parataxis	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | would | They | a little |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the air |  |  |  |  | light *property* | tree rules |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Latin America and the Caribbean, test 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/t3/)
- next →: [Latin America and the Caribbean, test 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/t5/)
- ↑ back to [Latin America and the Caribbean](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/)