Exam question 1 · How a factory works: belts, robots, checks and people

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of a conveyor belt within a factory?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: function

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1 «How a factory works: belts, robots, checks and people» of the technology 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 function	det
10	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 belt	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 belt	det
13	conveyor	conveyor	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 belt	compound
14	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 function	nmod
15	within	within	ADP	_	17 factory	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 factory	det
17	factory	factory	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the function of a conveyor belt				of the following statements; within a factory; accurately 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

It generates the electricity required by the factory

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 generates	nsubj
2	generates	generate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 electricity	det
4	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 generates	obj
5	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 electricity	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 factory	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 factory	det
8	factory	factory	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	generate	present	It	the electricity					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Patient
2	require	participle		the electricity not said here				by the factory	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It stores finished goods for a period of several years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stores	nsubj
2	stores	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 goods	amod
4	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 stores	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 period	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 period	det
7	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stores	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 years	case
9	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 years	amod
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 period	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	present	It	finished goods				for a period of several years	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Theme
2	finish	participle							vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

It enables workers to travel between separate buildings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 enables	nsubj
2	enables	enable	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 enables	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 travel	mark
5	travel	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 enables	xcomp
6	between	between	ADP	_	8 buildings	case
7	separate	separate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 buildings	amod
8	buildings	building	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 travel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enable	present	It	workers					tree rules
2	travel	to-infinitive	workers not said here			separate buildings			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between building=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It transports each item past successive machines and workers in a fixed order

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 transports	nsubj
2	transports	transport	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 item	det
4	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transports	obj
5	past	past	ADP	_	7 machines	case
6	successive	successive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 machines	amod
7	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 item	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 workers	cc
9	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 machines	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 order	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 order	det
12	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 order	amod
13	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transports	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transport	present	It	each item		a fixed order		past successive machines and workers	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus item=Experiencer
2	fix	participle							vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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