Exam question 3 · How a factory works: belts, robots, checks and people

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the counterweight of a forklift truck.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, counterweight

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 counterweight	det
11	counterweight	counterweight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 truck	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 truck	det
14	forklift	forklift	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 truck	compound
15	truck	truck	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 counterweight	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the counterweight of a forklift truck		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus counterweight=Experiencer

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

It serves exclusively as a seat for the driver

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 serves	nsubj
2	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 serves	advmod
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 seat	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 seat	det
6	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serves	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 driver	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 driver	det
9	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	It					as a seat; for the driver; exclusively property	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as seat=Attribute

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It prevents the vehicle from tipping forward when a load is raised

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 prevents	nsubj
2	prevents	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 vehicle	det
4	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevents	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 tipping	mark
6	tipping	tip	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Ger	2 prevents	advcl
7	forward	forward	ADV	_	6 tipping	advmod
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 raised	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 load	det
10	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 raised	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 raised	aux:pass
12	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 tipping	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	prevent	present	It	the vehicle		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer vehicle=Theme
2	tip	gerund			forward property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	raise	present · passive		a load		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It is employed to crush defective goods

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	3 employed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 employed	aux:pass
3	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 crush	mark
5	crush	crush	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 employed	xcomp
6	defective	defective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 goods	amod
7	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 crush	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	present · passive		It					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute
2	crush	to-infinitive		defective goods					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Patient

Option 4

It enables the vehicle to attain a greater speed upon level ground

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 vehicle	det
4	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enables	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 attain	mark
6	attain	attain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 enables	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 speed	det
8	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 speed	amod
9	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attain	obj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 ground	case
11	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ground	compound
12	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enable	present	It	the vehicle					tree rules
2	attain	to-infinitive		a greater speed				upon level ground	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speed=Theme

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