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description: Identify the principal reason for which very tall buildings are designed to sway modestly in the wind. Exam question 1 of lesson 34 «Buildings and architecture» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was 
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# Exam question 1 · Buildings and architecture

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Identify the principal reason for which very tall buildings are designed to sway modestly in the wind.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, design, sway · **To what, where:** principal reason, tall buildings, wind

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 34 «Buildings and architecture» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/arts/34-buildings-and-architecture/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:34-buildings-and-architecture:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which very tall buildings are designed to sway modestly in the wind.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	designed	design	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	sway	sway	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	modestly	modestly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **design** | present · passive |  | tall buildings |  |  |  | for the principal reason | tree rules |
| 3 | **sway** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the wind |  | modestly *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wind=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Swaying is required solely for decorative effect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:34-buildings-and-architecture:e1:o1:1
# text = Swaying is required solely for decorative effect
1	Swaying	sway	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	decorative	decorative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sway** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **require** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | for decorative effect; solely *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tall buildings are insensitive to wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:34-buildings-and-architecture:e1:o2:1
# text = Tall buildings are insensitive to wind
1	Tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	insensitive	insensitive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Tall buildings |  |  |  |  | insensitive *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Limited flexibility prevents the structure from cracking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:34-buildings-and-architecture:e1:o3:1
# text = Limited flexibility prevents the structure from cracking
1	Limited	limited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	flexibility	flexibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	prevents	prevent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	structure	structure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cracking	cracking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | present | Limited flexibility | the structure |  | cracking |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer structure=Beneficiary from cracking=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Movement indicates imminent collapse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:34-buildings-and-architecture:e1:o4:1
# text = Movement indicates imminent collapse
1	Movement	Movement	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	imminent	imminent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	collapse	collapse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | Movement | imminent collapse |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot collapse=Topic |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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