--- title: why's there steel rods inside concrete — Building strong things: bridges, tower… · tree and pragmatics description: why's there steel rods inside concrete Test 11 · ★★ 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 choice was wrong. --- [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/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Building strong things: bridges, towers and shapes why's there steel rods inside concrete **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** steel rods · **What happens:** be This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 86 «Building strong things: bridges, towers and shapes» of the world 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/world/86-building-strong-things/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:86-building-strong-things:t11:1 # text = why's there steel rods inside concrete 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Rel 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 4 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 rods rod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nsubj _ _ 6 inside inside ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 concrete concrete NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | steel rods inside concrete | | | | | why *property* | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The steel keeps the concrete warm and stops it cracking in winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:86-building-strong-things:t11:o1:1 # text = The steel keeps the concrete warm and stops it cracking in winter 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 concrete concrete NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 cracking crack VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | the steel | the concrete | | | | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent concrete=Theme | | 2 | **stop** | present | the steel *not said here* | concrete | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **crack** | gerund | the steel *not said here* | | | | winter | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The steel stops water soaking into it ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:86-building-strong-things:t11:o2:1 # text = The steel stops water soaking into it 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 soaking soak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | the steel | water | | water | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality water=Eventuality | | 2 | **soak** | gerund | water *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Concrete is weak in tension, and the steel resists stretching ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:86-building-strong-things:t11:o3:1 # text = Concrete is weak in tension, and the steel resists stretching 1 Concrete concrete NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 tension tension NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 resists resist VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 stretching stretch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Concrete | | | tension | | weak *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **resist** | present | the steel | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stretch** | gerund | | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The steel makes the concrete lighter ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:86-building-strong-things:t11:o4:1 # text = The steel makes the concrete lighter 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 concrete concrete NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 lighter light ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | the steel | the concrete | | | | light *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material concrete=Product | **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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