Test 2 · ★★ · Tunnels and what lies under the street

«how do trains breathe under the sea in the chunnel» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: trains · What happens: breathe, be · To what, where: sea · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Tunnels and what lies under the street» of the technology 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 breathe	punct
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 breathe	advmod
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 breathe	aux
4	trains	train	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 breathe	nsubj
5	breathe	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 right	csubj
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 breathe	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 chunnel	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 chunnel	det
11	chunnel	chunnel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 breathe	obl
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 breathe	punct
13	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 right	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 right	cop
15	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breathe in a quote	present · do-support	trains			the sea		in the chunnel	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present						right 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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The trains are electric, and big fans push fresh air through the tunnels

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 trains	det
2	trains	train	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 electric	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 electric	cop
4	electric	electric	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 push	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 push	cc
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fans	amod
8	fans	fan	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 push	nsubj
9	push	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 electric	conj
10	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 air	amod
11	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 push	obj
12	through	through	ADP	_	14 tunnels	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tunnels	det
14	tunnels	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 push	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the trains					electric property	tree rules
2	push	present	big fans	fresh air		the tunnels			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent air=Theme through tunnel=Trajectory

Option 2

Trains hold their breath until France

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trains	train	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hold	nsubj
2	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 breath	nmod:poss
4	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hold	obj
5	until	until	ADP	_	6 France	case
6	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	Trains	Trains's breath			until France		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme

Option 3

They run on diesel and bring air in tanks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 run	nsubj
2	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 diesel	case
4	diesel	diesel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 run	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 bring	cc
6	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 run	conj
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bring	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 tanks	case
9	tanks	tank	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	They			diesel			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on diesel=Trajectory
2	bring	present	They not said here	air		tanks			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent air=Theme

Option 4

The sea leaks in fresh air through little holes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sea	det
2	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaks	nsubj
3	leaks	leak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 air	case
5	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 air	amod
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaks	obl
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 holes	case
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 holes	amod
9	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 leaks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leak	present	the sea			fresh air		through little holes	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through hole=Location

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