--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Inside a car: engine, gears and the da… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of the tread grooves of a tyre? Exam question 3 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 e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/17-inside-a-car/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [Inside a car: engine, gears and the da…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/17-inside-a-car/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Inside a car: engine, gears and the dashboard Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of the tread grooves of a tyre? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tread grooves · **What happens:** follow, characteris, purpose · **To what, where:** purpose This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:17-inside-a-car:e3:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of the tread grooves of a tyre? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 tread tread NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 grooves groove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 tyre tyre NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the purpose of the tread grooves of a tyre | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **purpose** | | the tread grooves of a tyre | | | | | | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | 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 {#o1} They reduce the mass of the tyre ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:17-inside-a-car:e3:o1:1 # text = They reduce the mass of the tyre 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reduce reduce VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mass mass NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tyre tyre NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reduce** | present | They | the mass of the tyre | | | | | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer mass=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They displace water so that the rubber may grip the road ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:17-inside-a-car:e3:o2:1 # text = They displace water so that the rubber may grip the road 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 displace displace VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 9 mark _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 4 fixed _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 rubber rubber NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 grip grip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **displace** | present | They | water | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **grip** | may | the rubber | the road | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} They prevent the tyre from rotating ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:17-inside-a-car:e3:o3:1 # text = They prevent the tyre from rotating 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 prevent prevent VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tyre tyre NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 rotating rotate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prevent** | present | They | the tyre | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer tyre=Theme | | 2 | **rotate** | gerund | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They generate an agreeable sound ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:17-inside-a-car:e3:o4:1 # text = They generate an agreeable sound 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 generate generate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 agreeable agreeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **generate** | present | They | a agreeable sound | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Patient | **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. 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