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Exam question 2 · Inside a car: engine, gears and the dashboard

It is given that all warning lamps of a dashboard illuminate momentarily upon starting. State the reason therefor.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: warning lamps · What happens: give, illuminate, start · To what, where: It

This is exam question 2 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

Sentence 1: It is given that all warning lamps of a dashboard illuminate momentarily upon starting.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 illuminate	mark
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 lamps	det
6	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lamps	compound
7	lamps	lamp	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 illuminate	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 dashboard	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dashboard	det
10	dashboard	dashboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lamps	nmod
11	illuminate	illuminate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	advcl
12	momentarily	momentarily	ADV	_	11 illuminate	advmod
13	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	14 starting	mark
14	starting	start	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 illuminate	advcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	illuminate	infinitive	all warning lamps of a dashboard					momentarily property	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	start	gerund	all warning lamps of a dashboard not said here						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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.

Sentence 2: State the reason therefor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 therefor	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 therefor	compound
4	therefor	therefor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	nmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

To indicate that every system of the vehicle has failed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 indicate	mark
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 failed	mark
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 system	det
5	system	system	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 failed	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 vehicle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 vehicle	det
8	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 system	nmod
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 failed	aux
10	failed	fail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 indicate	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	to-infinitive							vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	fail	present · perfect	every system of the vehicle						vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

To heat the instrument panel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 heat	mark
2	heat	heat	VERB	Number=Sing	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 panel	det
4	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 panel	compound
5	panel	panel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heat	to-infinitive		the instrument panel					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent panel=Patient

Option 3

To summon the attention of a mechanic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 summon	mark
2	summon	summon	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 attention	det
4	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summon	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 mechanic	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mechanic	det
7	mechanic	mechanic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attention	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	to-infinitive		the attention of a mechanic					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Recipient
2	attend		a mechanic						nom attention «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To demonstrate that the lamps are functional

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 demonstrate	mark
2	demonstrate	demonstrate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 functional	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lamps	det
5	lamps	lamp	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 functional	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 functional	cop
7	functional	functional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 demonstrate	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	to-infinitive							vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the lamps					functional 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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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