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title: «why do so many big rivers start in one place, tibet?» Which is the… — Mountains and highlands · tree and pragmatics
description: «why do so many big rivers start in one place, tibet?» Which is the best answer? Test 7 · ★ 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 7 · ★ · Mountains and highlands

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«why do so many big rivers start in one place, tibet?» Which is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** many big rivers · **What happens:** start, be · **To what, where:** one place, best answer

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «why do so many big rivers start in one place, tibet?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:17-mountains-and-highlands:t7:1
# text = «why do so many big rivers start in one place, tibet?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	start	start	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	tibet	tibet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** *in a quote* | present · do-support | many big rivers |  |  | one place and tibet |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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:* Which is the best answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:17-mountains-and-highlands:t7:2
# text = Which is the best answer?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	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	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	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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Rivers come from the sea up to Tibet through tunnels under the mountains of India

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:17-mountains-and-highlands:t7:o1:1
# text = Rivers come from the sea up to Tibet through tunnels under the mountains of India
1	Rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Tibet	Tibet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	tunnels	tunnel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
11	under	under	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come up** | present | Rivers |  | Tibet | the sea |  | through tunnels under the mountains of India | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from sea=Initial\_Location to tibet=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tibet has a giant pump

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:17-mountains-and-highlands:t7:o2:1
# text = Tibet has a giant pump
1	Tibet	Tibet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pump	pump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Tibet | a giant pump |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pump=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
All rivers in the world start in Tibet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:17-mountains-and-highlands:t7:o3:1
# text = All rivers in the world start in Tibet
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	start	start	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Tibet	Tibet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | present | all rivers in the world |  |  | Tibet |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The high plateau catches snow and rain, and water runs off in every direction

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:17-mountains-and-highlands:t7:o4:1
# text = The high plateau catches snow and rain, and water runs off in every direction
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	plateau	plateau	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	catches	catch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | present | the high plateau | snow and rain |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snow=Theme |
| 2 | **run off** | present | water |  |  | every direction |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in direction=Trajectory |

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