--- title: Identify the principal reason for which steel bars are placed within… — Building strong things: bridges, tower… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which steel bars are placed within reinforced concrete. Exam question 2 of lesson 86 «Building strong things: bridges, towers and shapes» of the world 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/world/86-building-strong-things/e2/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Building strong things: bridges, tower…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/86-building-strong-things/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Building strong things: bridges, towers and shapes Identify the principal reason for which steel bars are placed within reinforced concrete. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, place, reinforce · **To what, where:** principal reason, steel bars This is exam question 2 of lesson 86 «Building strong things: bridges, towers and shapes» of the world 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/world/86-building-strong-things/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:86-building-strong-things:e2:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which steel bars are placed within reinforced concrete. 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 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 bars bar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 11 within within ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 reinforced reinforce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 concrete concrete NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **place** | present · passive | | steel bars | | | | for the principal reason; within reinforced concrete | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **reinforce** | participle | | | | | | | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | 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} So that the concrete may dry more quickly ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:86-building-strong-things:e2:o1:1 # text = So that the concrete may dry more quickly 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 concrete concrete NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 dry dry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ 8 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dry** | may | the concrete | | | | | quickly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} So that the concrete may be rendered lighter ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:86-building-strong-things:e2:o2:1 # text = So that the concrete may be rendered lighter 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 concrete concrete NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 rendered render VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 lighter light ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **render** | may · passive | | the concrete | | | | light *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} So that the concrete may conduct electricity ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:86-building-strong-things:e2:o3:1 # text = So that the concrete may conduct electricity 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 concrete concrete NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 conduct conduct VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 electricity electricity NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conduct** | may | the concrete | electricity | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} So that the concrete may resist stretching as well as squashing ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:86-building-strong-things:e2:o4:1 # text = So that the concrete may resist stretching as well as squashing 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 concrete concrete NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 resist resist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 stretching stretch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 obj _ _ 8 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 11 cc _ _ 9 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 fixed _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 11 squashing squash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **resist** | may | the concrete | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stretch** | gerund | | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **squash** | gerund | | | | | | | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme | **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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