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title: What would happen if a city built all its houses from heavy bricks w… — Earthquakes · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if a city built all its houses from heavy bricks with no steel? Test 5 of lesson 44 «Earthquakes» of the geography 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 5 · Earthquakes

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What would happen if a city built all its houses from heavy bricks with no steel?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** city · **What happens:** happen, build · **To what, where:** houses, heavy bricks

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This is test 5 of lesson 44 «Earthquakes» 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/44-earthquakes/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:44-earthquakes:t5:1
# text = What would happen if a city built all its houses from heavy bricks with no steel?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	bricks	brick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
16	steel	steel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **build** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | a city | city's houses |  | heavy bricks with no steel |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset house=Product from brick=Material |

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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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They would be the safest houses possible, as bricks are heavy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:44-earthquakes:t5:o1:1
# text = They would be the safest houses possible, as bricks are heavy
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	bricks	brick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | They |  |  |  |  | possible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | bricks |  |  |  |  | heavy *property* | tree rules |

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

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A strong quake would bring many down and cause many deaths

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:44-earthquakes:t5:o2:1
# text = A strong quake would bring many down and cause many deaths
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	quake	quake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	_
7	down	down	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	deaths	death	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring down** | would | a strong quake | many |  |  |  | down *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent many=Theme |
| 2 | **cause** | present | a strong quake *not said here* | many deaths |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition death=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The bricks would soak up all the shaking like a sponge does

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:44-earthquakes:t5:o3:1
# text = The bricks would soak up all the shaking like a sponge does
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bricks	brick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	soak	soak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shaking	shaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sponge	sponge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak up** | would | the bricks | all shaking |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent shaking=Source |
| 2 | **do** | present | a sponge |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, bricks cannot fall down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:44-earthquakes:t5:o4:1
# text = Nothing, bricks cannot fall down
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bricks	brick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **fall down** | can | Nothing bricks |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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