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title: A canal lock measures 30 metres in length and 4 metres in width, and… — Olympiad: transport, building and ener… · tree and pragmatics
description: A canal lock measures 30 metres in length and 4 metres in width, and its water rises by 2 metres. Determine the volume of water admitted, in cubic metres. Exam question 4 of lesson 43 «Olympiad: transport, building and energy ★★★» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Exam question 4 · Olympiad: transport, building and energy ★★★

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A canal lock measures 30 metres in length and 4 metres in width, and its water rises by 2 metres. Determine the volume of water admitted, in cubic metres.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** canal lock, water, you · **What happens:** measure, rise, determine, admit · **To what, where:** 30 metres, length, volume, cubic metres

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 43 «Olympiad: transport, building and energy ★★★» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A canal lock measures 30 metres in length and 4 metres in width, and its water rises by 2 metres.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:e4:1
# text = A canal lock measures 30 metres in length and 4 metres in width, and its water rises by 2 metres.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	canal	canal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	measures	measure	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	width	width	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	rises	rise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** | present | a canal lock | 30 metres |  | length and 4 metres in width |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme metre=Value |
| 2 | **rise** | present | lock's water |  |  |  |  | by 2 metres | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by metre=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Determine the volume of water admitted, in cubic metres.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:e4:2
# text = Determine the volume of water admitted, in cubic metres.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	volume	volume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	admitted	admit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	cubic	cubic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the volume of water |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent volume=Topic |
| 2 | **admit** *speech: other* | participle |  | the volume of water *not said here* |  | cubic metres |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in metre=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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36

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:e4:o1:1
# text = 36
1	36	36	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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2,400

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:e4:o2:1
# text = 2,400
1	2,400	2,400	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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240

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:e4:o3:1
# text = 240
1	240	240	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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120

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:e4:o4:1
# text = 120
1	120	120	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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