--- title: Why is Mount Everest still very slowly getting higher? — Mountains, rivers and seas, and how th… · tree and pragmatics description: Why is Mount Everest still very slowly getting higher? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 43 «Mountains, rivers and seas, and how the land is shaped» 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/43-landforms/t8/) [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/) / [Mountains, rivers and seas, and how th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/43-landforms/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Mountains, rivers and seas, and how the land is shaped Why is Mount Everest still very slowly getting higher? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mount Everest · **What happens:** be, get This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 43 «Mountains, rivers and seas, and how the land is shaped» 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/43-landforms/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:43-landforms:t8:1 # text = Why is Mount Everest still very slowly getting higher? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 Mount Mount PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Everest Everest PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | gerund | Mount Everest | | | | still | high, slowly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} India is still pushing into Asia and lifting the rock ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:43-landforms:t8:o1:1 # text = India is still pushing into Asia and lifting the rock 1 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 pushing push VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Asia Asia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 lifting lift VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | present · progressive | India | | | Asia | still | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into asia=Destination | | 2 | **lift** | gerund | India *not said here* | the rock | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The volcano inside it keeps erupting ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:43-landforms:t8:o2:1 # text = The volcano inside it keeps erupting 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 volcano volcano NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 inside inside ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ _ 5 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 erupting erupt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | the volcano inside it | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **erupt** | gerund | the volcano inside it *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Climbers bring stones to the top every year ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:43-landforms:t8:o3:1 # text = Climbers bring stones to the top every year 1 Climbers climber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | present | Climbers | stones | | the top | year | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stone=Theme to top=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Snow keeps falling and piling up higher and higher on top of it ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:43-landforms:t8:o4:1 # text = Snow keeps falling and piling up higher and higher on top of it 1 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 falling fall VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 piling pile VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 conj _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 xcomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 conj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | Snow | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fall** | gerund | Snow *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **pile up** | gerund | Snow *not said here* | | | top of Snow | | high *property* | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on top=Destination | **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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