Exam question 1 · How a car is built

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the construction of a car windscreen?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, construct · To what, where: construction, car windscreen

This is exam question 1 of lesson 8 «How a car is built» 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 construction	det
10	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 windscreen	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 windscreen	det
13	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 windscreen	compound
14	windscreen	windscreen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 construction	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the construction of a car windscreen	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	construct		a car windscreen		nom construction «act 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

Steel wires are embedded throughout the glass to bind it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wires	compound
2	wires	wire	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 embedded	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 embedded	aux:pass
4	embedded	embed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	7 glass	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 glass	det
7	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 embedded	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 bind	mark
9	bind	bind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 embedded	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 bind	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	embed	present · passive		Steel wires		the glass			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme throughout glass=Destination
2	bind	to-infinitive		glass					vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2

The windscreen is composed entirely of a transparent plastic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 windscreen	det
2	windscreen	windscreen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 composed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 composed	aux:pass
4	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 composed	advmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 plastic	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 plastic	det
8	transparent	transparent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 plastic	amod
9	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 composed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	present · passive		the windscreen				of a transparent plastic; entirely property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 3

A single sheet of toughened glass, which shatters into numerous small blunt pieces upon impact

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sheet	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sheet	amod
3	sheet	sheet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shatters	nsubj:outer
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 glass	case
5	toughened	toughen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 glass	amod
6	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sheet	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 shatters	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 shatters	nsubj
9	shatters	shatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	into	into	ADP	_	14 pieces	case
11	numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 pieces	amod
12	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 pieces	amod
13	blunt	blunt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 pieces	amod
14	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 shatters	obl
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 impact	case
16	impact	impact	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pieces	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	toughen	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	shatter	present	a single sheet of toughened glass					into numerous small blunt pieces upon impact result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into piece=Result

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Two layers of glass enclose a plastic sheet which retains the fragments upon cracking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 layers	nummod
2	layers	layer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 enclose	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 glass	case
4	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 layers	nmod
5	enclose	enclose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sheet	det
7	plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sheet	amod
8	sheet	sheet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enclose	obj
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 retains	nsubj
10	retains	retain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sheet	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fragments	det
12	fragments	fragment	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 retains	obj
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 cracking	case
14	cracking	cracking	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 retains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enclose	present	Two layers of glass	a plastic sheet					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sheet=Co-Theme
2	retain	present	a plastic sheet	the fragments				upon cracking	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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