Exam question 2 · How a car is built

Identify the principal purpose of the crash tests performed upon new vehicles.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, crash tests · What happens: identify, perform · To what, where: principal purpose

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 tests	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tests	det
7	crash	crash	NOUN	_	8 tests	compound
8	tests	test	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 performed	nsubj
9	performed	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 purpose	acl:relcl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 vehicles	case
11	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 vehicles	amod
12	vehicles	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 performed	obl
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 purpose					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	perform	past	the crash tests	the principal purpose not said here				upon new vehicles	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=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 right answer

To ascertain, by instrumented dummies, the injuries occupants would sustain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ascertain	mark
2	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 sustain	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dummies	punct
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 dummies	case
5	instrumented	instrument	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 dummies	amod
6	dummies	dummy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ascertain	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sustain	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 injuries	det
9	injuries	injury	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sustain	nsubj
10	occupants	occupant	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sustain	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 sustain	aux
12	sustain	sustain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ascertain	to-infinitive	the injuries not said here	instrumented dummies	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dummy=Topic
2	instrument	participle			tree rules
3	sustain	would	the injuries		vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

Option 2

To determine the noise produced by a collision at speed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 determine	mark
2	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 noise	det
4	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 determine	obj
5	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 noise	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 collision	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 collision	det
8	collision	collision	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 produced	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 speed	case
10	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 determine	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	to-infinitive		the noise		speed			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Topic
2	produce	participle		the noise not said here				by a collision	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

To test the durability of the paint under severe impact

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 test	mark
2	test	test	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 durability	det
4	durability	durability	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 test	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 paint	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 paint	det
7	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 durability	nmod
8	under	under	ADP	_	10 impact	case
9	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 impact	amod
10	impact	impact	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 test	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	to-infinitive		the durability of the paint		severe impact			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent durability=Theme

Option 4

To dispose of defective vehicles in a controlled manner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 dispose	mark
2	dispose	dispose	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 vehicles	case
4	defective	defective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 vehicles	amod
5	vehicles	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dispose	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 manner	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 manner	det
8	controlled	control	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 manner	amod
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dispose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dispose	to-infinitive				a controlled manner		of defective vehicles	vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent
2	control	participle							vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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