--- title: A climber goes up a very high mountain. Which is true near the top? — Wind and the air around the Earth · tree and pragmatics description: A climber goes up a very high mountain. Which is true near the top? Test 1 of lesson 69 «Wind and the air around the Earth» 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/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/t1/) [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/) / [Wind and the air around the Earth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/) / t1 # Test 1 · Wind and the air around the Earth A climber goes up a very high mountain. Which is true near the top? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** climber · **What happens:** go up, be · **To what, where:** high mountain, top This is test 1 of lesson 69 «Wind and the air around the Earth» 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/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A climber goes up a very high mountain. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:69-wind-and-the-atmosphere:t1:1 # text = A climber goes up a very high mountain. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 climber climber NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go up** | present | a climber | a high mountain | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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:* Which is true near the top? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:69-wind-and-the-atmosphere:t1:2 # text = Which is true near the top? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | the top | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The air is colder and thinner ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:69-wind-and-the-atmosphere:t1:o1:1 # text = The air is colder and thinner 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 colder cold ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 thinner thin ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the air | | | | | cold *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the air *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The air is warmer and thicker ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:69-wind-and-the-atmosphere:t1:o2:1 # text = The air is warmer and thicker 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 warmer warm ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 thicker thick ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the air | | | | | warm *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the air *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The air is warmer because it is nearer the Sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:69-wind-and-the-atmosphere:t1:o3:1 # text = The air is warmer because it is nearer the Sun 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 warmer warm ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the air | | | | | warm *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | air | | | | | the Sun *obl*; near *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} There is no air at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:69-wind-and-the-atmosphere:t1:o4:1 # text = There is no air at all 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | no air at all | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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