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title: What would happen to a long bridge with no expansion joints on a ver… — Bridges and skyscrapers · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen to a long bridge with no expansion joints on a very hot summer day? Test 4 · ★★★ 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 4 · ★★★ · Bridges and skyscrapers

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What would happen to a long bridge with no expansion joints on a very hot summer day?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** happen

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This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t4:1
# text = What would happen to a long bridge with no expansion joints on a very hot summer day?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
10	expansion	expansion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	joints	joint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
14	very	very	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  | day | to a long bridge; with no expansion joints | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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Nothing, bridges don't change size

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t4:o1:1
# text = Nothing, bridges don't change size
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
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	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **change** | present · do-support | Nothing bridges | size |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent size=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It would get shorter in the heat, slide off the ends and fall off its supports

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t4:o2:1
# text = It would get shorter in the heat, slide off the ends and fall off its supports
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	shorter	short	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	slide	slide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ends	end	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
15	off	off	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	supports	support	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | It |  |  | the heat and slide | off the ends | short *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme off end=Destination |
| 2 | **fall off** | infinitive |  | slide's supports |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient support=Extent |
| 3 | **support** |  | slide |  |  |  |  |  | nom support «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It would push hard against its ends and could crack or buckle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t4:o3:1
# text = It would push hard against its ends and could crack or buckle
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	push	push	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
5	against	against	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	ends	end	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	crack	crack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	buckle	buckle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | would | It |  |  |  | against its ends | hard *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent against end=Theme |
| 2 | **crack** | could |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **buckle** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It would float up off its supports

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t4:o4:1
# text = It would float up off its supports
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	float	float	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	supports	support	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float up** | would | It |  |  | its supports |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme off support=Trajectory |
| 2 | **support** |  | its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom support «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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