When the be verb in a declarative sentence is a notional verb, how to change it into a general question or a special question? Please explain Tom is (smart almost 1.75 meters) Wrong. Tom is (smart, almost 1.75 meters.) asking questions in brackets

When the be verb in a declarative sentence is a notional verb, how to change it into a general question or a special question? Please explain Tom is (smart almost 1.75 meters) Wrong. Tom is (smart, almost 1.75 meters.) asking questions in brackets

Reminder: when we can't find the corresponding notional verbs, we usually use be verbs instead of notional verbs, especially when we encounter such actions as "when", "do" and "become", we can use be verbs instead of them, such as I want to be a teacher