Test 7 · ★ · Simple machines and how they help

Why does a steering wheel have a large rim instead of a small one?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: steering wheel · What happens: have · To what, where: large rim

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 52 «Simple machines and how they help» of the world 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 have	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 have	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wheel	det
4	steering	steering	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wheel	compound
5	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 have	nsubj
6	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rim	det
8	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 rim	amod
9	rim	rim	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 have	obj
10	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	14 one	case
11	of	of	ADP	_	10 instead	fixed
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 one	det
13	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 one	amod
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 have	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present · do-support	a steering wheel	a large rim				instead a small one	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rim=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

A big wheel keeps the car on the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wheel	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wheel	amod
3	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keeps	nsubj
4	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 car	det
6	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keeps	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 road	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	a big wheel	the car		the road			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent car=Theme on road=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A big wheel turns the thin shaft with a stronger force

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wheel	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wheel	amod
3	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turns	nsubj
4	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shaft	det
6	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 shaft	amod
7	shaft	shaft	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turns	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 force	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 force	det
10	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 force	amod
11	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	a big wheel	the thin shaft				with a stronger force	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shaft=Theme

Option 3

A big wheel makes the car lighter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wheel	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wheel	amod
3	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 car	det
6	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	obj
7	lighter	light	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	a big wheel	the car				light property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset car=Product

Option 4

A big wheel makes the car go faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wheel	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wheel	amod
3	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 car	det
6	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	obj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 makes	xcomp
8	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	a big wheel	the car					tree rules
2	go	infinitive	the car not said here					fast property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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