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title: It is given that all warning lamps of a dashboard illuminate momenta… — Inside a car: engine, gears and the da… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that all warning lamps of a dashboard illuminate momentarily upon starting. State the reason therefor. Exam question 2 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 a
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# Exam question 2 · Inside a car: engine, gears and the dashboard

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It is given that all warning lamps of a dashboard illuminate momentarily upon starting. State the reason therefor.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** warning lamps · **What happens:** give, illuminate, start · **To what, where:** It

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that all warning lamps of a dashboard illuminate momentarily upon starting.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:17-inside-a-car:e2:1
# text = It is given that all warning lamps of a dashboard illuminate momentarily upon starting.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dashboard	dashboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	illuminate	illuminate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
12	momentarily	momentarily	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	starting	start	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **illuminate** | infinitive | all warning lamps of a dashboard |  |  |  |  | momentarily *property* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **start** | gerund | all warning lamps of a dashboard *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* State the reason therefor.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:17-inside-a-car:e2:2
# text = State the reason therefor.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	therefor	therefor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To indicate that every system of the vehicle has failed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:17-inside-a-car:e2:o1:1
# text = To indicate that every system of the vehicle has failed
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	system	system	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	failed	fail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fail** | present · perfect | every system of the vehicle |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To heat the instrument panel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:17-inside-a-car:e2:o2:1
# text = To heat the instrument panel
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	heat	heat	VERB	VB	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	panel	panel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat** | to-infinitive |  | the instrument panel |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent panel=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To summon the attention of a mechanic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:17-inside-a-car:e2:o3:1
# text = To summon the attention of a mechanic
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	summon	summon	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mechanic	mechanic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summon** | to-infinitive |  | the attention of a mechanic |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Recipient |
| 2 | **attend** |  | a mechanic |  |  |  |  |  | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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To demonstrate that the lamps are functional

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:17-inside-a-car:e2:o4:1
# text = To demonstrate that the lamps are functional
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	demonstrate	demonstrate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	functional	functional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demonstrate** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the lamps |  |  |  |  | functional *property* | tree rules |

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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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