Mountains and highlands
Tests: 7 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 17 of the geography course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.
Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.
Test 1 · ★ · right ✓
Ruby says: «Everest is the tallest mountain, end of story.» What is the best answer?
- 1. Ruby is right in every way — no support
- 2. Everest is the highest above sea level, but Mauna Kea is taller from its base — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 3. Kilimanjaro is the tallest, because it stands alone on a flat plain — no support
- 4. K2 is the tallest, and Everest comes second — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 6: «Mount Everest, on the border of Nepal and China, is the highest mountain above sea level at 8,849 metres, a height agreed by both countries in 2020.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «sea level» (+4); the same doer «mount everest» (+2); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
«snow on kilimanjaro?? it's in africa, it's boiling» Which is the best answer?
- 1. Kilimanjaro is near the South Pole — no support
- 2. Air gets much colder high up, so snow can lie on its summit near the equator — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 3. Africa has very cold summers — no support
- 4. It is fake snow made by machines every night for the tourists who come to climb it — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 3: «The higher you climb, the colder it gets, about 6.5 degrees for every 1,000 metres; that is why snow lies on Kilimanjaro even near the equator.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lie» (+4); the same doer «snow» (+4); the same circumstance (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
In Europa Universalis 5, mountains mostly hurt attacking armies. What else do real mountains do that the game hides?
- 1. They make weather, catching rain on one side and leaving a dry rain shadow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
- 2. Nothing, they only stop armies — no support
- 3. They stop rivers from forming anywhere near them, so valleys stay dry — score 7
- 4. They make the ground hotter at the top, closer to the Sun — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 11, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 17, line 4: «In Europa Universalis 5, mountains are mostly places where attacking armies suffer, and the Alps, the Andes of the Inca and the high, poor provinces of Tibet a…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «catch» (+2); the same doer «mountains» (+2); the same thing acted on «rain» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
What would happen to the temperature if you climbed 3,000 metres up from a beach at 25 degrees?
- 1. It would be about 20 degrees warmer, being closer to the Sun — no support
- 2. It would be roughly 20 degrees colder at the top — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. It would stay at 25 degrees — no support
- 4. It would be 3,000 degrees colder — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 17, line 13: «Air gets colder by about 6.5 degrees Celsius for every 1,000 metres you climb, and on top of Everest each breath holds only about a third as much oxygen as at…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «top» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
«why is one side of the mountains green and the other side all dry» What is the reason?
- 1. The dry side is always higher — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Animals eat all the plants on one side — no support
- 3. Moist air rises and drops rain on the windward side, leaving a rain shadow behind — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The Sun shines only on one side, so the plants on the other side can never grow — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
«the himalayas are done growing, they're ancient innit» What is right?
- 1. They are older than the Urals — no support
- 2. They are shrinking a metre a year — no support
- 3. They stopped growing a million years ago and are wearing down — no support
- 4. They are young mountains, still rising as India pushes into Asia — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 1: «Most great mountains are pushed up where pieces of the Earth's crust crash together very slowly: India is still pushing into Asia, so the Himalayas are still r…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «push» (+2); the same doer «india» (+2); the same place «asia» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
«why do so many big rivers start in one place, tibet?» Which is the best answer?
- 1. Rivers come from the sea up to Tibet through tunnels under the mountains of India — score 2
- 2. Tibet has a giant pump — no support
- 3. All rivers in the world start in Tibet — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. The high plateau catches snow and rain, and water runs off in every direction — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 16, line 2: «Which river is the longest is still argued about: the Nile, about 6,650 km, is usually named first, but some measurements make the Amazon a little longer, beca…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «begin» (+3); the same doer «river» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why does the height of Mont Blanc change slightly from year to year?
- 1. People keep cutting off the top — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It is a volcano that erupts every year and adds new rock to its top — no support
- 3. The mountain sinks every winter — no support
- 4. Its summit is covered by an ice cap that grows and shrinks — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
«ok which is the highest in antarctica, mount vinson or what» What is right?
- 1. Mount Everest — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Mount Erebus, at 8,000 metres — no support
- 3. Mount Vinson, at 4,892 metres — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Antarctica has no mountains — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
«my mate climbed everest without trouble breathing lol» What is most likely true?
- 1. Breathing is easier at the top — no support
- 2. The air on top holds only about a third of the oxygen, so breathing is very hard — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. The air is the same as at sea level — no support
- 4. There is more oxygen at the summit, because the air there is cleaner and fresher — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 13: «Air gets colder by about 6.5 degrees Celsius for every 1,000 metres you climb, and on top of Everest each breath holds only about a third as much oxygen as at…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hold» (+2); the same thing acted on «third» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
«ural mountains, are they in europe or asia» Which is the best answer?
- 1. They are in Africa — no support
- 2. They are in South America — no support
- 3. They are commonly used as part of the boundary between Europe and Asia — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. They are entirely in western Europe, between France and Germany — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 17: «The Ural Mountains, about 2,500 km long, are old, worn-down mountains commonly used as part of the boundary between Europe and Asia, and their highest peak is…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «use» (+2); the same thing acted on «worn mountains» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the distinction between the highest and the tallest mountain on Earth?
- 1. Mauna Kea possesses the greatest elevation above sea level — score 5
- 2. Kilimanjaro possesses the greatest height measured from any base — no support
- 3. Everest possesses the greatest elevation above sea level, whereas Mauna Kea is the tallest measured from its base — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. Mount Everest possesses both the greatest elevation and the greatest height from base — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 17, line 2: ««Highest» and «tallest» are not the same: Everest has the highest summit above sea level, but Mauna Kea in Hawaii is taller from its foot on the sea floor, and…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «everest» (+2); the same place «sea level» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal reason for the diminished temperature prevailing at the summits of high mountains.
- 1. The summits are situated at a greater distance from the Sun, whose heat diminishes with altitude — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The summits receive no sunlight whatsoever — no support
- 3. Snow at the summit generates cold of itself — no support
- 4. The air cools by about six and a half degrees Celsius for every thousand metres of ascent — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain the mountain range within which all fourteen summits exceeding eight thousand metres are situated.
- 1. The Andes of South America — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The Himalaya and Karakoram ranges of Asia — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The Rocky Mountains of North America — no support
- 4. The Alps of Europe — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the phenomenon of the rain shadow.
- 1. Rain falls exclusively upon the leeward side — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Moist air, forced upward by mountains, discharges its rain upon the windward side, leaving the leeward side arid — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Mountains generate rainfall of themselves irrespective of the wind — no support
- 4. The rain shadow is the shade cast beneath a cloud — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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