Exam question 4 · Inside a car: engine, gears and the dashboard

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the operation of an engine within an enclosed garage.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, enclose, operate · To what, where: response, operation, engine

This is exam question 4 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	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 operation	det
11	operation	operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 engine	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 engine	det
14	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 operation	nmod
15	within	within	ADP	_	18 garage	case
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 garage	det
17	enclosed	enclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 garage	amod
18	garage	garage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
19	.	.	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 operation of a engine	within a enclosed garage	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus operation=Experiencer
4	enclose	participle				vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
5	operate			a engine		nom operation «state transitive»: of=patient

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 is safe provided the lights are on

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	4 provided	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provided	aux:pass
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 provided	amod
4	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lights	det
6	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 on	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 on	cop
8	on	on	ADV	_	4 provided	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	present · passive		It					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	present	the lights					on property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is dangerous owing to invisible carbon monoxide

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 dangerous	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 dangerous	cop
3	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	owing	owe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 dangerous	advcl
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 monoxide	case
6	invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 monoxide	amod
7	carbon	carbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 monoxide	compound
8	monoxide	monoxide	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 owing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					dangerous property	tree rules
2	owe	gerund						to invisible carbon monoxide goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to monoxide=Goal

Option 3

It is required for the engine to warm

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 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 engine	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 engine	det
6	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 warm	mark
8	warm	warm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		It				for the engine	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	warm	to-infinitive							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

It is harmless for vehicles with diesel engines of recent manufacture

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 harmless	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 vehicles	case
5	vehicles	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 harmless	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 engines	case
7	diesel	diesel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 engines	compound
8	engines	engine	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 vehicles	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 manufacture	case
10	recent	recent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 manufacture	amod
11	manufacture	manufacture	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 engines	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					for vehicles with diesel engines of recent manufacture; harmless 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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