--- title: how come there's snow on mountains near the equator — Climate zones · tree and pragmatics description: how come there's snow on mountains near the equator Test 11 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/16-climate-zones/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · Climate zones how come there's snow on mountains near the equator **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** come, be · **To what, where:** mountains This is test 11 of lesson 16 «Climate zones» of the world 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/world/16-climate-zones/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:t11:1 # text = how come there's snow on mountains near the equator 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 vocative _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 8 near near ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 equator equator NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | | | | mountains | | near the equator; snow *vocative* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | present | | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} Snow falls only near the equator ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:t11:o1:1 # text = Snow falls only near the equator 1 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 equator equator NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | present | Snow | | | the equator | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near equator=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Mountains make their own ice inside ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:t11:o2:1 # text = Mountains make their own ice inside 1 Mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 inside inside ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Mountains | Mountains's own ice | | | | inside *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ice=Product | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The air gets colder the higher you climb ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:t11:o3:1 # text = The air gets colder the higher you climb 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 colder cold ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 advcl _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 climb climb VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | the air | | | | | cold *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **climb** | present | you | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The mountains are closer to the Moon ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:16-climate-zones:t11:o4:1 # text = The mountains are closer to the Moon 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the mountains | | | | | to the Moon; close *property* | 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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