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title: «the bridge? nah, we just climb on the lock gates to cross, it's fas… — Ships, ports and submarines · tree and pragmatics
description: «the bridge? nah, we just climb on the lock gates to cross, it's faster» What is right? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 24 «Ships, ports and submarines» of the technology 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 7 · ★ · Ships, ports and submarines

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«the bridge? nah, we just climb on the lock gates to cross, it's faster» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we, bridge · **What happens:** climb, cross, be · **To what, where:** lock gates

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 24 «Ships, ports and submarines» of the technology 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/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:24-ships-ports-and-submarines:t7:1
# text = «the bridge? nah, we just climb on the lock gates to cross, it's faster» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
5	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	climb	climb	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
21	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	23	nsubj	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
23	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** *in a quote* | present | we |  |  | the lock gates |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on gate=Trajectory |
| 2 | **cross** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | bridge |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | 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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Only dangerous for little kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:24-ships-ports-and-submarines:t7:o1:1
# text = Only dangerous for little kids
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fine, if no boat is in the lock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:24-ships-ports-and-submarines:t7:o2:1
# text = Fine, if no boat is in the lock
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | no boat |  |  | the lock |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stay back: locks are deep, the water is cold and gates move

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:24-ships-ports-and-submarines:t7:o3:1
# text = Stay back: locks are deep, the water is cold and gates move
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	locks	lock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay back** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | locks |  |  |  |  | deep *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | the water |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **move** | present | gates |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fine, lock gates are made for walking on, they have handrails all the way

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:24-ships-ports-and-submarines:t7:o4:1
# text = Fine, lock gates are made for walking on, they have handrails all the way
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	handrails	handrail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	16	det:predet	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Fine lock gates |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **walk on** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **have** | present | gates *= gate* | handrails |  |  |  | all way *obl:unmarked* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handrail=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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