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title: Rain falls on two sides of a long mountain ridge. On one side it end… — Rivers, lakes and the sea up close · tree and pragmatics
description: Rain falls on two sides of a long mountain ridge. On one side it ends up in one river, on the other side in a different river. What is the ridge called? Test 2 of lesson 64 «Rivers, lakes and the sea up close» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 2 · Rivers, lakes and the sea up close

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Rain falls on two sides of a long mountain ridge. On one side it ends up in one river, on the other side in a different river. What is the ridge called?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rain, ridge · **What happens:** fall, end up, be, call · **To what, where:** two sides, one side, ridge · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 64 «Rivers, lakes and the sea up close» 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/64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Rain falls on two sides of a long mountain ridge.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t2:1
# text = Rain falls on two sides of a long mountain ridge.
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	ridge	ridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present | Rain |  |  | two sides of a long mountain ridge |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on side=Location |

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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:* On one side it ends up in one river, on the other side in a different river.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t2:2
# text = On one side it ends up in one river, on the other side in a different river.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end up** | present | Rain |  |  | one side |  | in one river *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in river=Result |

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*Sentence 3:* What is the ridge called?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t2:3
# text = What is the ridge called?
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	ridge	ridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the ridge |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | participle |  | the ridge *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A watershed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t2:o1:1
# text = A watershed
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	watershed	watershed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A meander

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t2:o2:1
# text = A meander
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	meander	meander	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A floodplain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t2:o3:1
# text = A floodplain
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	floodplain	floodplain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A tributary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t2:o4:1
# text = A tributary
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tributary	tributary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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