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title: What would happen if no one inspected an old bridge for fifty years? — How would we know? Asking experts and… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if no one inspected an old bridge for fifty years? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 30 «How would we know? Asking experts and spotting tricks» of the myths 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 10 · ★★ · How would we know? Asking experts and spotting tricks

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What would happen if no one inspected an old bridge for fifty years?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one · **What happens:** happen, inspect · **To what, where:** one, old bridge

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 30 «How would we know? Asking experts and spotting tricks» of the myths 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/myths/30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks:t10:1
# text = What would happen if no one inspected an old bridge for fifty years?
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	_	6	mark	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	inspected	inspect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  | no one |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **inspect** | participle | no one *not said here* | a old bridge |  |  | year |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridge=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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It would turn into a new bridge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks:t10:o1:1
# text = It would turn into a new bridge
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would | It |  |  | a new bridge |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into bridge=Trajectory |

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

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Weak spots could grow without anyone noticing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks:t10:o2:1
# text = Weak spots could grow without anyone noticing
1	Weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
7	noticing	notice	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | could | Weak spots |  |  |  |  | without anyone | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **notice** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It would definitely be stronger than ever before

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks:t10:o3:1
# text = It would definitely be stronger than ever before
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	definitely	definitely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
8	before	before	ADV	RB	_	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | It |  |  |  |  | definitely, strong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Nothing, because bridges can't weaken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks:t10:o4:1
# text = Nothing, because bridges can't weaken
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	bridges	bridge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	weaken	weaken	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **weaken** | can | bridges |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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