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title: «they called the tunnel machine Ada, lol why» What is the reason? — Tunnels and what lies under the street · tree and pragmatics
description: «they called the tunnel machine Ada, lol why» What is the reason? Test 9 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Tunnels and what lies under the street

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«they called the tunnel machine Ada, lol why» What is the reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** call, be · **To what, where:** reason · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:t9:1
# text = «they called the tunnel machine Ada, lol why» What is the reason?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Ada	Ada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
10	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *in a quote* | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the reason |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Ada is short for 'all digging always'

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:t9:o1:1
# text = Ada is short for 'all digging always'
1	Ada	Ada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nsubj	_	_
7	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Ada |  |  |  |  | short *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **dig** | gerund | all |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Tunnel machines get women's names from a tradition linked to Saint Barbara

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:t9:o2:1
# text = Tunnel machines get women's names from a tradition linked to Saint Barbara
1	Tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tradition	tradition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	linked	link	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Saint	Saint	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	Barbara	Barbara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Tunnel machines | women's names |  | a tradition |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent name=Theme from tradition=Source |
| 2 | **link** | participle |  | a tradition *not said here* | Saint |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient to saint=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **name** |  | women |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They name them after the drivers' cats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:t9:o3:1
# text = They name them after the drivers' cats
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	name	name	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | present | They | them *= they* |  |  | after the drivers's cats |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a law that machines need names

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:29-tunnels-and-under-the-street:t9:o4:1
# text = It is a law that machines need names
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	expl	_	_
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	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
6	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a law |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** | present | machines | a law |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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