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title: Which shows the bridge facts correctly? — Bridges and skyscrapers · tree and pragmatics
description: Which shows the bridge facts correctly? Test 12 · ★★★ 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 right.
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · Bridges and skyscrapers

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Which shows the bridge facts correctly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** show · **To what, where:** bridge facts

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This is test 12 · ★★★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t12:1
# text = Which shows the bridge facts correctly?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present |  | the bridge facts |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fact=Recipient |

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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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Suspension bridges hang the road; arches push weight into their ends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t12:o1:1
# text = Suspension bridges hang the road; arches push weight into their ends
1	Suspension	suspension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	bridges	bridge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hang	hang	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	arches	arch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	push	push	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	ends	end	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | present | Suspension bridges | the road |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient |
| 2 | **push** | present | arches | weight |  |  | into arches's ends |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent weight=Theme into end=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Suspension bridges push weight into their ends; arches hang the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t12:o2:1
# text = Suspension bridges push weight into their ends; arches hang the road
1	Suspension	suspension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	bridges	bridge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	push	push	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	ends	end	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	arches	arch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	hang	hang	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | present | Suspension bridges | weight |  |  | into bridges's ends |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent weight=Theme into end=Destination |
| 2 | **hang** | present | arches | the road |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Both kinds float on the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t12:o3:1
# text = Both kinds float on the water
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	kinds	kind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	float	float	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | present | both kinds |  |  | the water |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on water=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Both kinds just rest on a plank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t12:o4:1
# text = Both kinds just rest on a plank
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	kinds	kind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	rest	rest	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	plank	plank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | present | both kinds |  |  | a plank |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on plank=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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