--- title: A car in front has a white light on at the back. What does it mean? — Inside a car: engine, gears and the da… · tree and pragmatics description: A car in front has a white light on at the back. What does it mean? Test 8 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. --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · Inside a car: engine, gears and the dashboard A car in front has a white light on at the back. What does it mean? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** car · **What happens:** have on, mean · **To what, where:** white light, back This is test 8 of lesson 17 «Inside a car: engine, gears and the dashboard» 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/17-inside-a-car/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A car in front has a white light on at the back. ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:17-inside-a-car:t8:1 # text = A car in front has a white light on at the back. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 on on ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have on** | present | a car in front | a white light | | the back | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* What does it mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:17-inside-a-car:t8:2 # text = What does it mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | car | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It is parked there for ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:17-inside-a-car:t8:o1:1 # text = It is parked there for ever 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 parked park VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **park** | present · passive | | It | | there | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} It wants to turn left next ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:17-inside-a-car:t8:o2:1 # text = It wants to turn left next 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 left left ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | It | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **turn** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | left, next *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is about to brake hard ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:17-inside-a-car:t8:o3:1 # text = It is about to brake hard 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 brake break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **break** | to-infinitive | | | | | | hard *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It is about to reverse ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:17-inside-a-car:t8:o4:1 # text = It is about to reverse 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 reverse reverse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **reverse** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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