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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Canals: Suez, Panama and the shortcuts

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«what did the yanks learn from the french failing in panama» Which is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** yanks, french failing · **What happens:** do, learn, be · **To what, where:** french failing, best answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Canals: Suez, Panama and the shortcuts» of the geography 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/geography/20-canals-suez-panama-and-the-shortcuts/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:20-canals-suez-panama-and-the-shortcuts:t7:1
# text = «what did the yanks learn from the french failing in panama» Which is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	yanks	yank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	learn	learn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	french	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	failing	failing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	panama	panama	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	amod	_	_
18	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **learn** *in a quote* | present | the yanks |  |  | the french failing in panama and the best answer |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from failing=Source |
| 3 | **be** *speech: assert* | present | the french failing in panama and the best answer | the best answer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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To give up on canals and build a railway instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:20-canals-suez-panama-and-the-shortcuts:t7:o1:1
# text = To give up on canals and build a railway instead
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	canals	canal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	build	build	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	railway	railway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | canals |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **build** | present |  | a railway |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset railway=Product |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To fight the mosquitoes that spread disease, and to use locks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:20-canals-suez-panama-and-the-shortcuts:t7:o2:1
# text = To fight the mosquitoes that spread disease, and to use locks
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mosquitoes	mosquito	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	spread	spread	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	disease	disease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	locks	lock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | to-infinitive |  | the mosquitoes |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mosquito=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **spread** | present | the mosquitoes | disease |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location disease=Theme |
| 3 | **use** | to-infinitive |  | locks |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To dig with machines only and never use any human workers at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:20-canals-suez-panama-and-the-shortcuts:t7:o3:1
# text = To dig with machines only and never use any human workers at all
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dig	dig	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
10	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with machines | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with machine=Instrument |
| 2 | **not** **use** | infinitive |  | any human workers |  | all |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worker=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To build the canal through Nicaragua instead of Panama

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:20-canals-suez-panama-and-the-shortcuts:t7:o4:1
# text = To build the canal through Nicaragua instead of Panama
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	build	build	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	canal	canal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	Panama	Panama	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | to-infinitive |  | the canal |  | Nicaragua |  | instead Panama | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset canal=Product |

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