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title: Identify the principal function of the low gears of a motor vehicle. — Inside a car: engine, gears and the da… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal function of the low gears of a motor vehicle. Exam question 1 of lesson 17 «Inside a car: engine, gears and the dashboard» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · Inside a car: engine, gears and the dashboard

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Identify the principal function of the low gears of a motor vehicle.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** principal function

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 17 «Inside a car: engine, gears and the dashboard» of the technology 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/technology/17-inside-a-car/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:17-inside-a-car:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal function of the low gears of a motor vehicle.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	gears	gear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal function of the low gears of a motor vehicle |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme |

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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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The reduction of fuel consumption on motorways

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:17-inside-a-car:e1:o1:1
# text = The reduction of fuel consumption on motorways
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reduction	reduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	fuel	fuel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	motorways	motorway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** |  |  | fuel consumption on motorways |  |  |  |  | nom reduction «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The prevention of the vehicle rolling backwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:17-inside-a-car:e1:o2:1
# text = The prevention of the vehicle rolling backwards
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prevention	prevention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
7	backwards	backwards	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | gerund | the prevention of the vehicle *not said here* |  |  |  |  | backwards *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **prevent** |  |  | the vehicle |  |  |  |  | nom prevention «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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The provision of greater turning force for starting and climbing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:17-inside-a-car:e1:o3:1
# text = The provision of greater turning force for starting and climbing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
5	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	starting	starting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	climbing	climbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **provide** |  | greater turning force for starting and climbing |  |  |  |  |  | nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The attainment of the highest possible road speed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:17-inside-a-car:e1:o4:1
# text = The attainment of the highest possible road speed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	attainment	attainment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
6	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attain** |  |  | the highest possible road speed |  |  |  |  | nom attainment «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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