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title: «a tunnel under a river in 1843? rubbish, they had no machines» What… — Tunnels and what lies under the street · tree and pragmatics
description: «a tunnel under a river in 1843? rubbish, they had no machines» What is right? Test 6 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Tunnels and what lies under the street

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«a tunnel under a river in 1843? rubbish, they had no machines» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tunnel · **What happens:** have, be · **To what, where:** machines · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:t6:1
# text = «a tunnel under a river in 1843? rubbish, they had no machines» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1843	1843	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
10	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	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	13	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | tunnel | no machines |  |  |  | « a tunnel under a river in 1843 and rubbish | tree rules |
| 2 | **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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It's true: the first Thames tunnel opened in 1843, dug by hand

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:t6:o1:1
# text = It's true: the first Thames tunnel opened in 1843, dug by hand
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
7	Thames	Thames	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	1843	1843	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	dug	dig	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **open** | past | the first Thames tunnel |  |  | 1843 |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1843=Location |
| 3 | **dig** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by hand | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent by hand=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Right, it was dug in 1943

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:t6:o2:1
# text = Right, it was dug in 1943
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	dug	dig	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1943	1943	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | past · passive |  | it |  | 1943 |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in 1943=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Right, tunnels under rivers are impossible, the water would always pour in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:t6:o3:1
# text = Right, tunnels under rivers are impossible, the water would always pour in
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	tunnels	tunnel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	impossible	impossible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	13	advmod	_	_
13	pour	pour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | tunnels under rivers |  |  |  |  | impossible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pour in** | would | the water |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was dug by robots from France

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:t6:o4:1
# text = It was dug by robots from France
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	dug	dig	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | past · passive | robots | It |  | France |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent subject=Result from france=Material |

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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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