Exam question 3 · How a car is built

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the year 2021.

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

This is exam question 3 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	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 year	det
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl:unmarked
12	2021	2021	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 year	flat
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	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		year		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 first spot weld was performed by a robot in a car factory

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 weld	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 weld	amod
3	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 weld	compound
4	weld	weld	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 performed	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 performed	aux:pass
6	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 robot	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 robot	det
9	robot	robot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 performed	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 factory	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 factory	det
12	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 factory	compound
13	factory	factory	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 performed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	past · passive	a robot	the first spot weld		a car factory			vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A shortage of computer chips halted car production in factories around the world

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 shortage	det
2	shortage	shortage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 halted	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 chips	case
4	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chips	compound
5	chips	chip	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shortage	nmod
6	halted	halt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 production	compound
8	production	production	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 halted	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 factories	case
10	factories	factory	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 halted	obl
11	around	around	ADP	_	13 world	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 world	det
13	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 halted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	halt	past	a shortage of computer chips	car production		factories		around the world	vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector production=Eventuality

Option 3

Car factories throughout the world ceased to employ robots and returned to building vehicles by hand

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 factories	compound
2	factories	factory	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ceased	nsubj
3	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	5 world	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 world	det
5	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 factories	nmod
6	ceased	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 employ	mark
8	employ	employ	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 ceased	xcomp
9	robots	robot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 employ	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 returned	cc
11	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ceased	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 vehicles	case
13	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 vehicles	compound
14	vehicles	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 returned	obl
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 hand	case
16	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cease	past	Car factories throughout the world			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	employ	to-infinitive	Car factories throughout the world not said here	robots		vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robot=Theme
3	return	past	Car factories throughout the world not said here		to building vehicles result; by hand	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to vehicle=Result

Option 4

Tyres were first manufactured with carbon black for strength

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tyres	tyre	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 manufactured	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 manufactured	aux:pass
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 manufactured	advmod
4	manufactured	manufacture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 carbon	case
6	carbon	carbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 manufactured	obl
7	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 carbon	amod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 strength	case
9	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 black	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	manufacture	past · passive		Tyres				with carbon; first property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

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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