--- title: «lol bridges don't move, they're solid» What is true? — Bridges and skyscrapers · tree and pragmatics description: «lol bridges don't move, they're solid» What is true? Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Bridges and skyscrapers» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/30-bridges-and-skyscrapers/t1/) [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/) / [Bridges and skyscrapers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/30-bridges-and-skyscrapers/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★★ · Bridges and skyscrapers «lol bridges don't move, they're solid» What is true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bridges · **What happens:** not move, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Bridges and skyscrapers» 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/30-bridges-and-skyscrapers/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t1:1 # text = «lol bridges don't move, they're solid» What is true? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 lol lol INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ _ 3 bridges bridge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 solid solid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 12 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **move** *in a quote* | present · do-support | bridges | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | bridges *= bridge* | | | | | solid *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | 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 {#o1} Only wooden bridges move ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t1:o1:1 # text = Only wooden bridges move 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bridges bridge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 move move VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | present | wooden bridges | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} True, steel never changes size ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t1:o2:1 # text = True, steel never changes size 1 True true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **change** | present | True steel | size | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent size=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} They move only when a ship hits them ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t1:o3:1 # text = They move only when a ship hits them 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 move move VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 hits hit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | present | They | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hit** | present | a ship | them *= they* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Bridges grow and shrink with heat and cold, by tens of centimetres on long ones ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t1:o4:1 # text = Bridges grow and shrink with heat and cold, by tens of centimetres on long ones 1 Bridges bridge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 shrink shrink VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 tens ten NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 parataxis _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 centimetres centimetre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | Bridges | | | | | on long ones | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on one=Location | | 2 | **shrink** | present | Bridges *not said here* | | | | | with heat | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with heat=Instrument | **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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