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title: «why is one side of the mountains green and the other side all dry»… — Mountains and highlands · tree and pragmatics
description: «why is one side of the mountains green and the other side all dry» What is the reason? Test 5 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Mountains and highlands

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«why is one side of the mountains green and the other side all dry» What is the reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** green · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** reason

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:17-mountains-and-highlands:t5:1
# text = «why is one side of the mountains green and the other side all dry» What is the reason?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	nsubj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | one side of the mountains *obl*; green *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | green and the other side | the reason |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The dry side is always higher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:17-mountains-and-highlands:t5:o1:1
# text = The dry side is always higher
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the dry side |  |  |  |  | always, high *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Animals eat all the plants on one side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:17-mountains-and-highlands:t5:o2:1
# text = Animals eat all the plants on one side
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Animals | all plants |  | one side |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Moist air rises and drops rain on the windward side, leaving a rain shadow behind

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:17-mountains-and-highlands:t5:o3:1
# text = Moist air rises and drops rain on the windward side, leaving a rain shadow behind
1	Moist	moist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rises	rise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	drops	drop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	windward	windward	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | present | Moist air |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **drop** | present | Moist air *not said here* | rain |  | the windward side |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rain=Theme on side=Destination |
| 3 | **leave** | gerund | Moist air *not said here* | a rain shadow |  |  |  | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shadow=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Sun shines only on one side, so the plants on the other side can never grow

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:17-mountains-and-highlands:t5:o4:1
# text = The Sun shines only on one side, so the plants on the other side can never grow
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shines	shine	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | present | the Sun |  |  | one side |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Location |
| 2 | **not** **grow** | can | the plants on the other side |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «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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