Exam question 4 · Pushes, pulls, friction and wheels

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the grooves in the tyres of a vehicle.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, grooves, tyres

This is exam question 4 of lesson 85 «Pushes, pulls, friction and wheels» of the world 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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 grooves	det
13	grooves	groove	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 tyres	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tyres	det
16	tyres	tyre	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 grooves	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 vehicle	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 vehicle	det
19	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tyres	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response			with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the grooves	the tyres of a vehicle		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus groove=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

They render the tyres lighter for greater speed

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	2 render	nsubj
2	render	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tyres	det
4	tyres	tyre	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 render	obj
5	lighter	light	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 render	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 speed	case
7	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 speed	amod
8	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 render	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	They	the tyres				for greater speed; light property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tyre=Theme

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

They push water away so the tyres can grip a wet road

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	2 push	nsubj
2	push	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 push	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	2 push	advmod
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 grip	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tyres	det
7	tyres	tyre	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 grip	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 grip	aux
9	grip	grip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 push	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 road	det
11	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 road	amod
12	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grip	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push away	present	They	water				away property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
2	grip	can	the tyres	a wet road					vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Experiencer

Option 3

They serve only as 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	2 serve	nsubj
2	serve	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 decoration	advmod
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 decoration	case
5	decoration	decoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	They	decoration					vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decoration=Attribute

Option 4

They reduce the grip of the tyres upon the road

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	2 reduce	nsubj
2	reduce	reduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 grip	det
4	grip	grip	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduce	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 tyres	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tyres	det
7	tyres	tyre	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grip	nmod
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 road	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 road	det
10	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduce	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	present	They	the grip of the tyres				upon the road	vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer grip=Patient
2	grip			the tyres					nom grip «act transitive»: of=patient

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