--- title: Ella says Everest is the tallest mountain in the Solar System. What… — Mars · tree and pragmatics description: Ella says Everest is the tallest mountain in the Solar System. What is the truth? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 8 «Mars» of the space course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/8-mars/t3/) [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/) / [Space](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/) / [Mars](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/8-mars/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Mars Ella says Everest is the tallest mountain in the Solar System. What is the truth? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ella, Everest, truth · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** tallest mountain, Solar System · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 8 «Mars» of the space 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/space/8-mars/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ella says Everest is the tallest mountain in the Solar System. ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:8-mars:t3:1 # text = Ella says Everest is the tallest mountain in the Solar System. 1 Ella Ella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Everest Everest PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 tallest tall ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Solar Solar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 System System PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ella | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | Everest | the tallest mountain | | the Solar System | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is the truth? ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:8-mars:t3:2 # text = What is the truth? 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 4 det _ _ 4 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the truth | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The Moon's mountains are the tallest ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:8-mars:t3:o1:1 # text = The Moon's mountains are the tallest 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tallest tall ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the Moon's mountains | | | | | tall *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Jupiter has the tallest mountain ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:8-mars:t3:o2:1 # text = Jupiter has the tallest mountain 1 Jupiter Jupiter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 tallest tall ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Jupiter | the tallest mountain | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mountain=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} She is right, Everest is the tallest anywhere ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:8-mars:t3:o3:1 # text = She is right, Everest is the tallest anywhere 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 Everest Everest PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tallest tall ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 parataxis _ _ 9 anywhere anywhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | Everest | | | | | anywhere, tall *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Olympus Mons on Mars is about two and a half times taller ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:8-mars:t3:o4:1 # text = Olympus Mons on Mars is about two and a half times taller 1 Olympus Olympus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Mons Mons PROPN NNP Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Mars Mars PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 about about ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 11 compound _ _ 11 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl:unmarked _ _ 12 taller tall ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Olympus Mons on Mars | two | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Olympus Mons on Mars *not said here* | | | | time | | tree rules | **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. 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