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title: It is given that an electric vehicle is driven in freezing condition… — Electric cars and charging · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that an electric vehicle is driven in freezing conditions with cabin heating in use. Ascertain the effect upon its range. Exam question 2 of lesson 19 «Electric cars and charging» 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 · Electric cars and charging

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It is given that an electric vehicle is driven in freezing conditions with cabin heating in use. Ascertain the effect upon its range.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, drive, ascertain · **To what, where:** It, electric vehicle, freezing conditions, effect

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 19 «Electric cars and charging» 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/19-electric-cars-and-charging/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that an electric vehicle is driven in freezing conditions with cabin heating in use.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:e2:1
# text = It is given that an electric vehicle is driven in freezing conditions with cabin heating in use.
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	_	9	mark	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	driven	drive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	freezing	freezing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	conditions	condition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	cabin	cabin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	heating	heating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 | **drive** | present · passive |  | a electric vehicle |  | freezing conditions with cabin heating in use |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in condition=Destination |

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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:* Ascertain the effect upon its range.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:e2:2
# text = Ascertain the effect upon its range.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	range	range	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the effect |  |  |  | upon effect's range | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The range is reduced

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:e2:o1:1
# text = The range is reduced
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	range	range	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | present · passive |  | the range |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The range is unaffected

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:e2:o2:1
# text = The range is unaffected
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	range	range	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	unaffected	unaffected	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the range |  |  |  |  | unaffected *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The range becomes unlimited

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:e2:o3:1
# text = The range becomes unlimited
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	range	range	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unlimited	unlimited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | the range |  |  |  |  | unlimited *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The range is increased

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:e2:o4:1
# text = The range is increased
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	range	range	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	increased	increase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | present · passive |  | the range |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=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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