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title: Ruby says: «Everest is the tallest mountain, end of story.» What is… — Mountains and highlands · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby says: «Everest is the tallest mountain, end of story.» What is the best answer? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 17 «Mountains and highlands» 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 right.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Mountains and highlands

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Ruby says: «Everest is the tallest mountain, end of story.» What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ruby, Everest, best answer · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** tallest mountain · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 17 «Mountains and highlands» 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/17-mountains-and-highlands/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby says: «Everest is the tallest mountain, end of story.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:17-mountains-and-highlands:t1:1
# text = Ruby says: «Everest is the tallest mountain, end of story.»
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Everest	Everest	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	tallest	tall	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	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 | Ruby |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Everest | the tallest mountain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 is the best answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:17-mountains-and-highlands:t1:2
# text = What is the best answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Ruby is right in every way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:17-mountains-and-highlands:t1:o1:1
# text = Ruby is right in every way
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Everest is the highest above sea level, but Mauna Kea is taller from its base

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:17-mountains-and-highlands:t1:o2:1
# text = Everest is the highest above sea level, but Mauna Kea is taller from its base
1	Everest	everest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
5	above	above	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	level	level	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	Mauna	Mauna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	Kea	Kea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	taller	tall	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	base	base	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Everest |  |  | sea level |  | high *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Mauna |  |  | Everest's base |  | tall *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Kilimanjaro is the tallest, because it stands alone on a flat plain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:17-mountains-and-highlands:t1:o3:1
# text = Kilimanjaro is the tallest, because it stands alone on a flat plain
1	Kilimanjaro	Kilimanjaro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tallest	tall	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Kilimanjaro |  |  |  |  | tall *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stand** | present | it |  |  | a flat plain |  | alone *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on plain=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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K2 is the tallest, and Everest comes second

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:17-mountains-and-highlands:t1:o4:1
# text = K2 is the tallest, and Everest comes second
1	K2	K2	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tallest	tall	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	Everest	Everest	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
9	second	second	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | K2 |  |  |  |  | tall *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | present | Everest |  |  |  |  | second *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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.

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