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description: ★★★ «there's a gap with metal teeth across the bridge road, someone forgot to finish it lol» What is it really? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «Olympiad: transport, building and energy ★★★» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Olympiad: transport, building and energy ★★★

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★★★ «there's a gap with metal teeth across the bridge road, someone forgot to finish it lol» What is it really?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, someone, road · **What happens:** be, forget, not finish · **To what, where:** gap, road · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «Olympiad: transport, building and energy ★★★» 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/43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:t7:1
# text = ★★★ «there's a gap with metal teeth across the bridge road, someone forgot to finish it lol» What is it really?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	6	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	across	across	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	18	nsubj	_	_
18	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
22	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	20	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
24	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	parataxis	_	_
25	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
26	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
27	really	really	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | ★ | a gap |  |  |  | with metal teeth across the bridge road | tree rules |
| 2 | **forget** *in a quote* | past | someone |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **finish** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | someone *not said here* | road |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |
| 4 | **is a** | present | road | a gap |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A crack showing that the bridge is about to fall down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:t7:o1:1
# text = A crack showing that the bridge is about to fall down
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	about	about	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	down	down	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | gerund | a crack *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | a crack |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **fall down** | to-infinitive | a crack *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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An expansion joint, so the bridge can grow and shrink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:t7:o2:1
# text = An expansion joint, so the bridge can grow and shrink
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	expansion	expansion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	joint	joint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	shrink	shrink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | can | the bridge |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **shrink** | infinitive | the bridge *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A drain for rain to run off the road into the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:t7:o3:1
# text = A drain for rain to run off the road into the river
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	drain	drain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run off** | to-infinitive | a drain for rain | the road |  | the river |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent road=Theme into river=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A place where the bridge folds up for ships

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:t7:o4:1
# text = A place where the bridge folds up for ships
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	folds	fold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fold up** | present | the bridge |  |  |  |  | for ships | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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