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title: «found an old mine shaft in the woods, wanna explore it with torches… — Tunnels and what lies under the street · tree and pragmatics
description: «found an old mine shaft in the woods, wanna explore it with torches» What is right? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Tunnels and what lies under the street» 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 righ
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Tunnels and what lies under the street

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«found an old mine shaft in the woods, wanna explore it with torches» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** find, explore, be · **To what, where:** old mine shaft, woods, shaft · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Tunnels and what lies under the street» 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/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:t1:1
# text = «found an old mine shaft in the woods, wanna explore it with torches» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	mine	mine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	shaft	shaft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	12	dep	_	_
12	explore	explore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	torches	torch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** *in a quote* | past |  | a old mine shaft |  | the woods |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shaft=Topic |
| 2 | **explore** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | shaft |  |  |  | with torches | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location |
| 3 | **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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Never: old mines can collapse or be full of bad air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:t1:o1:1
# text = Never: old mines can collapse or be full of bad air
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	mines	mine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	collapse	collapse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **collapse** | can | old mines |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | infinitive | old mines *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of bad air; full *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fine, if you bring torches and spare batteries and a snack for later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:t1:o2:1
# text = Fine, if you bring torches and spare batteries and a snack for later
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	bring	bring	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	torches	torch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	spare	spare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	batteries	battery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	snack	snack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | you | torches and spare batteries and a snack |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent torch=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fine, if you tie a rope round a tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:t1:o3:1
# text = Fine, if you tie a rope round a tree
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	tie	tie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	round	round	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | present | you | a rope |  |  |  | round a tree | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fine, if you go in the daytime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:t1:o4:1
# text = Fine, if you go in the daytime
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	daytime	daytime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | you |  |  | the daytime |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in daytime=Location |

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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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