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title: A hybrid glides past the school silently, then the engine starts on… — Electric cars and charging · tree and pragmatics
description: A hybrid glides past the school silently, then the engine starts on the hill. Why? Test 11 · ★★★ 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 and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Electric cars and charging

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A hybrid glides past the school silently, then the engine starts on the hill. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hybrid, engine · **What happens:** glide, start · **To what, where:** school, hill

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 19 «Electric cars and charging» 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/19-electric-cars-and-charging/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A hybrid glides past the school silently, then the engine starts on the hill.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t11:1
# text = A hybrid glides past the school silently, then the engine starts on the hill.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hybrid	hybrid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	glides	glide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	past	past	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	silently	silently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	engine	engine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glide** | present | a hybrid |  |  | the school |  | silently *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past school=Trajectory |
| 2 | **start** | present | the engine |  |  | the hill | then |  | 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:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t11:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	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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The engine was asleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t11:o1:1
# text = The engine was asleep
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	engine	engine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	asleep	asleep	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** | past | the engine |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The hill switched it on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t11:o2:1
# text = The hill switched it on
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	switched	switch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch on** | past | the hill | it |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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

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It used the electric motor, then the petrol engine for more power

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t11:o3:1
# text = It used the electric motor, then the petrol engine for more power
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	petrol	petrol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	engine	engine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | It | the electric motor |  |  |  | the petrol engine for more power *obl* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent motor=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The driver honked by mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t11:o4:1
# text = The driver honked by mistake
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	honked	honk	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **honk** | participle |  | the driver *not said here* |  |  |  | by mistake | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by mistake=Location |

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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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