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title: Tunnels and what lies under the street — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Technology
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 29 «Tunnels and what lies under the street» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Tunnels and what lies under the street

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The 15 questions of lesson 29 «Tunnels and what lies under the street» of the technology course of Mova's primary school with their options, 80 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/technology/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/t1/) — «found an old mine shaft in the woods, wanna explore it with torches» What is right? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/t2/) — «how do trains breathe under the sea in the chunnel» What is right? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/t3/) — What would happen if a digger dug up the road without checking the marks? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/t4/) — In a film, a tunnel machine digs a perfect tunnel with nothing lining the walls behind it. What is wrong in real life? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/t5/) — «wow, London's sewers are tiny pipes, right» What is right? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/t6/) — «a tunnel under a river in 1843? rubbish, they had no machines» What is right? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/t7/) — You drive from sunshine into a road tunnel. Why don't you go blind for a second? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/t8/) — Which is true about the Channel Tunnel? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/t9/) — «they called the tunnel machine Ada, lol why» What is the reason? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/t10/) — «there's a fire in the tunnel ahead!» Which built-in parts help? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/t11/) — A tunnel's lining has 20 rings, and each ring is made of 6 curved pieces. How many pieces? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the operation of a tunnel-boring machine? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/e2/) — Ascertain the purpose of the coloured markings applied to the carriageway prior to excavation. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/e3/) — Identify the principal reason for which the illumination at the portal of a road tunnel exceeds that within. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/e4/) — It is given that the Gotthard Base Tunnel measures approximately 57 kilometres and the Channel Tunnel approximately 50 kilometres. Determine by how much the former exceeds the latter. — wrong ✗ · exam

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