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title: Engineers want a long, light bridge across a wide river where few su… — Building strong things: bridges, tower… · tree and pragmatics
description: Engineers want a long, light bridge across a wide river where few supports can stand. Which kind is best? Test 6 · ★★ 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 op
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Building strong things: bridges, towers and shapes

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Engineers want a long, light bridge across a wide river where few supports can stand. Which kind is best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Engineers, few supports, kind · **What happens:** want, stand, be · **To what, where:** long light bridge, wide river

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Engineers want a long, light bridge across a wide river where few supports can stand.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:86-building-strong-things:t6:1
# text = Engineers want a long, light bridge across a wide river where few supports can stand.
1	Engineers	engineer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	light	light	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	across	across	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	16	advmod	_	_
13	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	supports	support	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
15	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Engineers | a long light bridge |  | a wide river |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bridge=Theme |
| 2 | **stand** | can | few supports |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Which kind is best?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:86-building-strong-things:t6:2
# text = Which kind is best?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which kind |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A suspension bridge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:86-building-strong-things:t6:o1:1
# text = A suspension bridge
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	suspension	suspension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A beam bridge on many posts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:86-building-strong-things:t6:o2:1
# text = A beam bridge on many posts
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	beam	beam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	posts	post	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A floating bridge of planks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:86-building-strong-things:t6:o3:1
# text = A floating bridge of planks
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	floating	float	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	planks	plank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A low stone arch bridge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:86-building-strong-things:t6:o4:1
# text = A low stone arch bridge
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	arch	arch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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