Exam question 1 · Inside a car: engine, gears and the dashboard

Identify the principal function of the low gears of a motor vehicle.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal function

This is exam question 1 of lesson 17 «Inside a car: engine, gears and the dashboard» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 gears	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gears	det
7	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 gears	amod
8	gears	gear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 function	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 vehicle	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 vehicle	det
11	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 vehicle	compound
12	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gears	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal function of the low gears of a motor vehicle					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme

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 reduction of fuel consumption on motorways

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 reduction	det
2	reduction	reduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 consumption	case
4	fuel	fuel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consumption	compound
5	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduction	nmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 motorways	case
7	motorways	motorway	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 consumption	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce			fuel consumption on motorways					nom reduction «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The prevention of the vehicle rolling backwards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prevention	det
2	prevention	prevention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 vehicle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 vehicle	det
5	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevention	nmod
6	rolling	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 prevention	acl
7	backwards	backwards	ADV	_	6 rolling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	gerund	the prevention of the vehicle not said here					backwards property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	prevent			the vehicle					nom prevention «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The provision of greater turning force for starting and climbing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 provision	det
2	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 force	case
4	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 force	amod
5	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 force	amod
6	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provision	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 starting	case
8	starting	starting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 force	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 climbing	cc
10	climbing	climbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 force	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	gerund							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	provide		greater turning force for starting and climbing						nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The attainment of the highest possible road speed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 attainment	det
2	attainment	attainment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 speed	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 speed	det
5	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 speed	amod
6	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 speed	amod
7	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 speed	compound
8	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attainment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attain			the highest possible road speed					nom attainment «act transitive»: of=patient

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