--- title: It is given that a lift accommodates 8 persons per journey and that… — Escalators and lifts · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a lift accommodates 8 persons per journey and that 20 persons await it. Determine the minimum number of journeys required. 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Determine the minimum number of journeys required. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lift, that, 20 persons, you · **What happens:** give, accommodate, person, await, determine, require · **To what, where:** It, 8 persons, lift, minimum number, journeys This is exam question 4 of lesson 26 «Escalators and lifts» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/26-escalators-and-lifts/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a lift accommodates 8 persons per journey and that 20 persons await it. ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:26-escalators-and-lifts:e4:1 # text = It is given that a lift accommodates 8 persons per journey and that 20 persons await it. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lift lift NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 accommodates accommodate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 per per ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 14 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 await await VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **accommodate** | present | a lift | 8 persons | | | | per journey | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Patient | | 3 | **person** | | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **await** | present | 20 persons | lift | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Determine the minimum number of journeys required. ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:26-escalators-and-lifts:e4:2 # text = Determine the minimum number of journeys required. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 minimum minimum ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 journeys journey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the minimum number of journeys | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **require** | participle | | journeys *not said here* | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Twenty-eight ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:26-escalators-and-lifts:e4:o1:1 # text = Twenty-eight 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Four ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:26-escalators-and-lifts:e4:o2:1 # text = Four 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Two ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:26-escalators-and-lifts:e4:o3:1 # text = Two 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Three ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:26-escalators-and-lifts:e4:o4:1 # text = Three 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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