Test 10 · ★ · Pushes, pulls, friction and wheels

why's oil put on a squeaky bike chain

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: put · To what, where: oil, squeaky bike chain

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 85 «Pushes, pulls, friction and wheels» 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	4 put	advmod
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 put	aux
3	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	nsubj:pass
4	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	9 chain	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 chain	det
7	squeaky	squeaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 chain	amod
8	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chain	compound
9	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	present · passive		oil		a squeaky bike chain			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on chain=Destination

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

Oil reduces friction between the moving parts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduces	nsubj
2	reduces	reduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	friction	friction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduces	obj
4	between	between	ADP	_	7 parts	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parts	det
6	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 parts	amod
7	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 friction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	present	Oil	friction				between the moving parts	vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer friction=Patient
2	move	gerund							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Oil makes the chain heavier so it runs steadily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chain	det
4	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 makes	xcomp
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 runs	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 runs	nsubj
8	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 makes	advcl
9	steadily	steadily	ADV	_	8 runs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Oil	the chain				heavy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material chain=Product
2	run	present	Oil					steadily property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Oil makes the chain grip the wheel harder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chain	det
4	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	grip	grip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 makes	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wheel	det
7	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
8	harder	hard	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Oil	the chain				hard property	tree rules
2	grip	present	the chain not said here						vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Oil keeps the chain warm in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chain	det
4	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keeps	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 winter	case
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Oil	the chain			winter	warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chain=Theme

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