--- title: It is given that the Gotthard Base Tunnel measures approximately 57… — Tunnels and what lies under the street · tree and pragmatics description: 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. 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Determine by how much the former exceeds the latter. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gotthard Base Tunnel, Channel Tunnel, you, much · **What happens:** give, measure, kilometre, determine, exceed · **To what, where:** It, 57 kilometres, latter This is exam question 4 of lesson 29 «Tunnels and what lies under the street» 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/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that the Gotthard Base Tunnel measures approximately 57 kilometres and the Channel Tunnel approximately 50 kilometres. ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:e4:1 # text = It is given that the Gotthard Base Tunnel measures approximately 57 kilometres and the Channel Tunnel approximately 50 kilometres. 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 _ 9 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 Gotthard Gotthard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 7 Base Base PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Tunnel Tunnel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 measures measure VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 approximately approximately ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 57 57 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 Channel Channel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 Tunnel Tunnel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 approximately approximately ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 50 50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . 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 | **measure** | present | the Gotthard Base Tunnel | 57 kilometres and 50 kilometres | | | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme kilometre=Value | | 3 | **kilometre** | | the Channel Tunnel | | | | | | 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 by how much the former exceeds the latter. ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:e4:2 # text = Determine by how much the former exceeds the latter. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 by by SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 nsubj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 exceeds exceed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **exceed** | present | much | the latter | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot latter=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Approximately seventeen kilometres ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:e4:o1:1 # text = Approximately seventeen kilometres 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 seventeen seventeen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Approximately five kilometres ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:e4:o2:1 # text = Approximately five kilometres 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Approximately one hundred and seven kilometres ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:e4:o3:1 # text = Approximately one hundred and seven kilometres 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ _ 3 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 conj _ _ 6 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Approximately seven kilometres ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:e4:o4:1 # text = Approximately seven kilometres 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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