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# Test 2 · How a factory works: belts, robots, checks and people

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«belt's jammed, just reach in and yank the box out quick» What should a worker do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** worker · **What happens:** jam, reach, yank out, do · **To what, where:** belt, box

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This is test 2 of lesson 1 «How a factory works: belts, robots, checks and people» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/technology/1-how-a-factory-works/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:1-how-a-factory-works:t2:1
# text = «belt's jammed, just reach in and yank the box out quick» What should a worker do?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	jammed	jam	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	reach	reach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	in	in	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	yank	yank	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
14	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	obj	_	_
17	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	worker	worker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jam** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | belt |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **reach** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **yank out** *in a quote* | present |  | the box |  |  |  | quick *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent box=Patient |
| 4 | **do** | should | a worker |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Reach in fast while the belt is still moving slowly, it's quicker

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:1-how-a-factory-works:t2:o1:1
# text = Reach in fast while the belt is still moving slowly, it's quicker
1	Reach	reach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
4	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
10	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	quicker	quick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **move** | present · progressive | the belt |  |  |  | still | slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | belt |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pour water on the rollers to free the box

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:1-how-a-factory-works:t2:o2:1
# text = Pour water on the rollers to free the box
1	Pour	pour	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rollers	roller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | imperative | you *not said here* | water |  | the rollers |  | the free box *obl* | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Kick the belt until it starts moving again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:1-how-a-factory-works:t2:o3:1
# text = Kick the belt until it starts moving again
1	Kick	kick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | imperative | you *not said here* | the belt |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent belt=Patient |
| 2 | **start** | present | belt |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **move** | gerund | belt *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Stop the machine with the stop button first and never reach in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:1-how-a-factory-works:t2:o4:1
# text = Stop the machine with the stop button first and never reach in
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	button	button	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	reach	reach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | the machine |  |  |  | with the stop button; first *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector machine=Eventuality with button=Subeventuality |
| 2 | **not** **reach in** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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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