--- title: Which is true about the Channel Tunnel? — Tunnels and what lies under the street · tree and pragmatics description: Which is true about the Channel Tunnel? Test 8 · ★★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [Tunnels and what lies under the street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Tunnels and what lies under the street Which is true about the Channel Tunnel? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:t8:1 # text = Which is true about the Channel Tunnel? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Channel Channel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Tunnel Tunnel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | about the Channel Tunnel; true *property* | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It opened in 1994 and is about 50 km long ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:t8:o1:1 # text = It opened in 1994 and is about 50 km long 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 1994 1994 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 7 about about ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 50 50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 km km NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past | It | | | 1994 | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1994=Location | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | 50 km *obl:unmarked*; long *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is a bridge, not a tunnel ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:t8:o2:1 # text = It is a bridge, not a tunnel 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tunnel tunnel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a bridge | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Cars drive through it on their own wheels in a road tunnel ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:t8:o3:1 # text = Cars drive through it on their own wheels in a road tunnel 1 Cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 drive drive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 through through ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 wheels wheel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 tunnel tunnel NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive** | present | Cars | | | it | | on Cars's own wheels; in a road tunnel | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through it=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} It opened in 1894 and is about 5 km long ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:t8:o4:1 # text = It opened in 1894 and is about 5 km long 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 1894 1894 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 7 about about ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 km km NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past | It | | | 1894 | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1894=Location | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | 5 km *obl:unmarked*; long *property* | tree rules | **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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