---
title: Identify the principal reason for which lofty peaks near the equator… — Climate zones · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which lofty peaks near the equator may bear snow. Exam question 4 of lesson 16 «Climate zones» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/16-climate-zones/e4/)

<!-- 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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Climate zones](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/16-climate-zones/) / e4

# Exam question 4 · Climate zones

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Identify the principal reason for which lofty peaks near the equator may bear snow.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, lofty peaks · **What happens:** identify, bear · **To what, where:** principal reason, snow

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 4 of lesson 16 «Climate zones» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/world/16-climate-zones/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:e4:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which lofty peaks near the equator may bear snow.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
7	lofty	lofty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	peaks	peak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
9	near	near	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	equator	equator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	bear	bear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
14	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **bear** | may | lofty peaks near the equator | snow |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer snow=Stimulus for which=Attribute |

<!-- .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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mountains are nearer to the poles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:e4:o1:1
# text = Mountains are nearer to the poles
1	Mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	nearer	near	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mountains |  |  |  |  | to the poles; near *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The air becomes colder with increasing altitude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:e4:o2:1
# text = The air becomes colder with increasing altitude
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	colder	cold	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	increasing	increasing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	altitude	altitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | the air |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The equator receives snowfall throughout the year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:e4:o3:1
# text = The equator receives snowfall throughout the year
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	equator	equator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	receives	receive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	snowfall	snowfall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | present | the equator | snowfall |  |  | year |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snowfall=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Sun does not shine upon mountains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:e4:o4:1
# text = The Sun does not shine upon mountains
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	shine	shine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **shine** | present · do-support | the Sun |  |  | mountains |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon mountain=Location |

<!-- 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: [Climate zones, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/16-climate-zones/e3/)
- next →: [Air and why we need it, test 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/17-air-oxygen-carbon-dioxide/t1/)
- ↑ back to [Climate zones](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/16-climate-zones/)