--- title: why's most stuff shipped by sea not by plane — Transport: from horses to planes · tree and pragmatics description: why's most stuff shipped by sea not by plane Test 10 · ★ of lesson 99 «Transport: from horses to planes» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/99-transport-horses-to-planes/t10/) [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/) / [Transport: from horses to planes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/99-transport-horses-to-planes/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Transport: from horses to planes why's most stuff shipped by sea not by plane **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, ship · **To what, where:** most stuff This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 99 «Transport: from horses to planes» 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/99-transport-horses-to-planes/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:99-transport-horses-to-planes:t10:1 # text = why's most stuff shipped by sea not by plane 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 shipped ship VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 plane plane NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | most stuff | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ship** | participle | | most stuff *not said here* | | | | by sea; by plane | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} Ships are always faster than planes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:99-transport-horses-to-planes:t10:o1:1 # text = Ships are always faster than planes 1 Ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 faster fast ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 planes plane NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Ships | | | | | than planes; always, fast *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Ships move huge loads cheaply ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:99-transport-horses-to-planes:t10:o2:1 # text = Ships move huge loads cheaply 1 Ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 move move VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 loads load NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 cheaply cheaply ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | present | Ships | huge loads | | | | cheaply *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme load=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} Planes are not allowed to carry goods ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:99-transport-horses-to-planes:t10:o3:1 # text = Planes are not allowed to carry goods 1 Planes plane NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive | | Planes | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **carry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Planes *not said here* | goods | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The sea is shorter than the sky ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:99-transport-horses-to-planes:t10:o4:1 # text = The sea is shorter than the sky 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 shorter short ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the sea | | | | | than the sky; short *property* | tree rules | **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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