--- title: Count them: a line of pylons has one pylon every 300 metres. How man… — Power stations and the grid · tree and pragmatics description: Count them: a line of pylons has one pylon every 300 metres. How many gaps are there between 5 pylons in a row? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 32 «Power stations and the grid» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/32-power-stations-and-the-grid/t7/) [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/) / [Power stations and the grid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/32-power-stations-and-the-grid/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Power stations and the grid Count them: a line of pylons has one pylon every 300 metres. How many gaps are there between 5 pylons in a row? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, line, many gaps · **What happens:** count, have, be · **To what, where:** them, one pylon This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 32 «Power stations and the grid» 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/32-power-stations-and-the-grid/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Count them: a line of pylons has one pylon every 300 metres. ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:32-power-stations-and-the-grid:t7:1 # text = Count them: a line of pylons has one pylon every 300 metres. 1 Count count VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 pylons pylon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 pylon pylon NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 12 300 300 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **have** | present | a line of pylons | one pylon | | | | | 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. *Sentence 2:* How many gaps are there between 5 pylons in a row? ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:32-power-stations-and-the-grid:t7:2 # text = How many gaps are there between 5 pylons in a row? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 gaps gap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ 6 between between ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 pylons pylon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 row row NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | many gaps | | | | | between 5 pylons in a row; there *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 5 ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:32-power-stations-and-the-grid:t7:o1:1 # text = 5 1 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} 4 ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:32-power-stations-and-the-grid:t7:o2:1 # text = 4 1 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 3 ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:32-power-stations-and-the-grid:t7:o3:1 # text = 3 1 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 6 ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:32-power-stations-and-the-grid:t7:o4:1 # text = 6 1 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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