Test 2 · ★ · How a car is built

«crash-test dummies are just shop mannequins» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: test dummies, shop mannequins · What happens: be · To what, where: shop mannequins · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 8 «How a car is built» of the technology course of Mova's primary school. 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 mannequins	punct
2	crash	crash	NOUN	_	4 test	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 crash	punct
4	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dummies	compound
5	dummies	dummy	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 mannequins	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 mannequins	cop
7	just	just	ADV	_	9 mannequins	advmod
8	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mannequins	compound
9	mannequins	mannequin	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 mannequins	punct
11	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 right	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 right	cop
13	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 mannequins	parataxis
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 mannequins	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	test dummies	shop mannequins					tree rules
2	is	present	shop mannequins					right property	tree rules

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

Yes, plain shop dummies in clothes, just heavier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 dummies	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dummies	amod
4	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dummies	compound
5	dummies	dummy	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 clothes	case
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 dummies	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 heavier	punct
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 heavier	advmod
10	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 dummies	parataxis

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

Option 2

They are robots that sit in and drive the cars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 robots	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 robots	cop
3	robots	robot	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 sit	nsubj
5	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 robots	acl:relcl
6	in	in	ADV	_	5 sit	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 drive	cc
8	drive	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sit	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cars	det
10	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 drive	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	They	robots	tree rules
2	sit in	present	robots		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	drive	infinitive	robots not said here	the cars	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme car=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They are full of sensors that measure what a crash would do to people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 full	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 full	cop
3	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 sensors	case
5	sensors	sensor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 full	obl
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 measure	nsubj
7	measure	measure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sensors	acl:relcl
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 do	obj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 crash	det
10	crash	crash	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 do	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 do	aux
12	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 measure	ccomp
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 people	case
14	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	They	of sensors; full property	tree rules
2	measure	present	sensors		tree rules
3	do	would	a crash	to people	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

Option 4

They are statues kept at the factory for decoration

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 statues	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 statues	cop
3	statues	statue	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 statues	acl
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 factory	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 factory	det
7	factory	factory	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 decoration	case
9	decoration	decoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	statues					tree rules
2	keep	participle		statues not said here		the factory		for decoration	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at factory=Location

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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