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description: «are you thick? if a skyscraper sways it's about to fall» What is right? Test 3 · ★★★ 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 3 · ★★★ · Bridges and skyscrapers

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«are you thick? if a skyscraper sways it's about to fall» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, skyscraper, it · **What happens:** be, sway · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t3:1
# text = «are you thick? if a skyscraper sways it's about to fall» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	skyscraper	skyscraper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sways	sway	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	about	about	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  | thick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sway** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | a skyscraper |  |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  |  | about, fall *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **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 {#o1}

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Yes, any sway at all means the building is cracking and will fall down soon

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, any sway at all means the building is cracking and will fall down soon
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	sway	sway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	cracking	crack	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
15	down	down	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | any sway at all |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **crack** | present · progressive | the building |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **fall down** | future | any sway at all *not said here* |  |  |  |  | down, soon *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, so everyone must leave at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, so everyone must leave at once
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | must | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at once=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, skyscrapers never move at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t3:o3:1
# text = No, skyscrapers never move at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	skyscrapers	skyscraper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **move** | present | skyscrapers |  |  | all |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, tall buildings are built to bend a little in the wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t3:o4:1
# text = No, tall buildings are built to bend a little in the wind
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	bend	bend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present · passive |  | tall buildings |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **bend** | to-infinitive |  | a little |  | the wind |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wind=Location |

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