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title: Identify the principal reason for which corrugated cardboard is able… — Pencils, paper and school things · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which corrugated cardboard is able to bear considerable loads. Exam question 2 of lesson 6 «Pencils, paper and school things» 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
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# Exam question 2 · Pencils, paper and school things

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Identify the principal reason for which corrugated cardboard is able to bear considerable loads.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, corrugated cardboard · **What happens:** identify, corrugate, be, bear · **To what, where:** principal reason, considerable loads

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 6 «Pencils, paper and school things» 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/6-pencils-paper-and-school-things/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which corrugated cardboard is able to bear considerable loads.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	corrugated	corrugate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	cardboard	cardboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	bear	bear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	considerable	considerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **corrugate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present | corrugated cardboard |  |  |  |  | for the principal reason; able *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **bear** | to-infinitive | corrugated cardboard *not said here* | considerable loads |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Patient |

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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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It is entirely saturated with glue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:e2:o1:1
# text = It is entirely saturated with glue
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	saturated	saturate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	glue	glue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **saturate** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | with glue; entirely *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with glue=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is reinforced throughout with fine steel wire concealed within each layer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:e2:o2:1
# text = It is reinforced throughout with fine steel wire concealed within each layer
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	reinforced	reinforce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	steel	steel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	wire	wire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	within	within	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	layer	layer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reinforce** | present · passive |  | It |  |  | throughout fine steel wire |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **conceal** | participle |  | fine steel wire *not said here* |  |  |  | within each layer | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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Its undulating middle layer stiffens it in the manner of a bridge's arches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:e2:o3:1
# text = Its undulating middle layer stiffens it in the manner of a bridge's arches
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	undulating	undulate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
3	middle	middle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	layer	layer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stiffens	stiffen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	arches	arch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undulate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stiffen** | present | Its undulating middle layer | it |  | the manner of a bridge's arches |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is manufactured from solid timber

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:e2:o4:1
# text = It is manufactured from solid timber
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	manufactured	manufacture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	timber	timber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **manufacture** | present · passive |  | It |  | solid timber |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from timber=Material |

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