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title: Children build a big snow tunnel next to the road after a storm. A s… — Snow, ice and strong sun · tree and pragmatics
description: Children build a big snow tunnel next to the road after a storm. A snowplough is coming. What is the danger? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 234 «Snow, ice and strong sun» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Snow, ice and strong sun

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Children build a big snow tunnel next to the road after a storm. A snowplough is coming. What is the danger?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Children, snowplough, danger · **What happens:** build, come, be · **To what, where:** big snow tunnel

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 234 «Snow, ice and strong sun» of the everyday 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/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Children build a big snow tunnel next to the road after a storm.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t6:1
# text = Children build a big snow tunnel next to the road after a storm.
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	build	build	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	next	next	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present | Children | a big snow tunnel |  |  | after a storm | to the road | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tunnel=Product |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* A snowplough is coming.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t6:2
# text = A snowplough is coming.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	snowplough	snowplough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present · progressive | a snowplough |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What is the danger?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t6:3
# text = What is the danger?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the danger |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The plough will melt all the snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t6:o1:1
# text = The plough will melt all the snow
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plough	plough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	melt	melt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | future | the plough | all snow |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient snow=Result |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The plough could push snow onto the tunnel and bury them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t6:o2:1
# text = The plough could push snow onto the tunnel and bury them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plough	plough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	push	push	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	bury	bury	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | could | the plough | snow |  | the tunnel |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent snow=Theme onto tunnel=Destination |
| 2 | **bury** | infinitive | the plough *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Snowploughs only ever clear the pavements, never the roads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t6:o3:1
# text = Snowploughs only ever clear the pavements, never the roads
1	Snowploughs	snowplough	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	clear	clear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pavements	pavement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clear** | infinitive | Snowploughs | the pavements |  |  | ever | the roads *obl* | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent pavement=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The tunnel will be swept away by the wind and nothing else

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t6:o4:1
# text = The tunnel will be swept away by the wind and nothing else
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	swept	sweep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	conj	_	_
12	else	else	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sweep away** | future · passive | the wind | the tunnel |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Trajectory |

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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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