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title: Why do some buildings in Japan sit on special bases or bending frames? — Buildings and architecture · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do some buildings in Japan sit on special bases or bending frames? Test 9 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · Buildings and architecture

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Why do some buildings in Japan sit on special bases or bending frames?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** buildings · **What happens:** do, sit · **To what, where:** special bases

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This is test 9 of lesson 34 «Buildings and architecture» of the arts 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/arts/34-buildings-and-architecture/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:34-buildings-and-architecture:t9:1
# text = Why do some buildings in Japan sit on special bases or bending frames?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bases	basis	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	bending	bending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	frames	frame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | some buildings in Japan *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sit** | present | some buildings in Japan |  |  | special bases or bending frames |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on basis=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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So they can be picked up and moved to another city later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:34-buildings-and-architecture:t9:o1:1
# text = So they can be picked up and moved to another city later
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | can · passive |  | they |  |  |  | late *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **move** | participle |  |  |  | another city |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to city=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To look modern

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:34-buildings-and-architecture:t9:o2:1
# text = To look modern
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	modern	modern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | modern *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because heavy buildings have been banned in Japan by law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:34-buildings-and-architecture:t9:o3:1
# text = Because heavy buildings have been banned in Japan by law
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | present · perfect · passive | law | heavy buildings |  | Japan |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To move with the shaking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:34-buildings-and-architecture:t9:o4:1
# text = To move with the shaking
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shaking	shaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with the shaking | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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