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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 getting	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	cop
3	Mount	Mount	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Everest	compound
4	Everest	Everest	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 getting	nsubj
5	still	still	ADV	_	8 getting	advmod
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 slowly	advmod
7	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	8 getting	advmod
8	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 getting	xcomp
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 getting	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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

India is still pushing into Asia and lifting the rock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pushing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pushing	aux
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 pushing	advmod
4	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 Asia	case
6	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pushing	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lifting	cc
8	lifting	lift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 pushing	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rock	det
10	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lifting	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

The volcano inside it keeps erupting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 volcano	det
2	volcano	volcano	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keeps	nsubj
3	inside	inside	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 volcano	nmod
5	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	erupting	erupt	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 keeps	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

Climbers bring stones to the top every year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Climbers	climber	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bring	nsubj
2	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bring	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 top	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 top	det
6	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bring	obl
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 year	det
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bring	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

Snow keeps falling and piling up higher and higher on top of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	falling	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 keeps	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 piling	cc
5	piling	pile	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 falling	conj
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 piling	compound:prt
7	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 piling	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 higher	cc
9	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 higher	conj
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 top	case
11	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 piling	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 top	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	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

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