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title: On a school trip to a biscuit factory, Sam sees a machine smoking an… — How a factory works: belts, robots, ch… · tree and pragmatics
description: On a school trip to a biscuit factory, Sam sees a machine smoking and nobody near it. What may Sam do? Test 3 of lesson 1 «How a factory works: belts, robots, checks and people» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 3 · How a factory works: belts, robots, checks and people

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On a school trip to a biscuit factory, Sam sees a machine smoking and nobody near it. What may Sam do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sam · **What happens:** see, do · **To what, where:** machine smoking, school trip

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* On a school trip to a biscuit factory, Sam sees a machine smoking and nobody near it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:1-how-a-factory-works:t3:1
# text = On a school trip to a biscuit factory, Sam sees a machine smoking and nobody near it.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	biscuit	biscuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	factory	factory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
10	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	smoking	smoking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	14	conj	_	_
17	near	near	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | Sam | a machine smoking |  | a school trip to a biscuit factory |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer smoking=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What may Sam do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:1-how-a-factory-works:t3:2
# text = What may Sam do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | may | Sam |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Film it and wait to see what happens next

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:1-how-a-factory-works:t3:o1:1
# text = Film it and wait to see what happens next
1	Film	film	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
8	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
9	next	next	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **film** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  | next *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Open the machine and look inside for the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:1-how-a-factory-works:t3:o2:1
# text = Open the machine and look inside for the fire
1	Open	open	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	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | the machine |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location machine=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the fire; inside *property* | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for fire=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Press the emergency stop or shout for a worker straight away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:1-how-a-factory-works:t3:o3:1
# text = Press the emergency stop or shout for a worker straight away
1	Press	press	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	worker	worker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | imperative | you *not said here* | the emergency stop |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stop=Theme |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for a worker; away *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for worker=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, visitors must never touch a stop button, whatever happens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:1-how-a-factory-works:t3:o4:1
# text = Nothing, visitors must never touch a stop button, whatever happens
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	button	button	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **touch** | must | Nothing | a stop button |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme button=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **happen** | present | whatever |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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