--- title: Grandad says a full lorry weighs as much as two cars. Is he right? — Buses, trams, lorries and traffic lights · tree and pragmatics description: Grandad says a full lorry weighs as much as two cars. Is he right? Test 8 of lesson 20 «Buses, trams, lorries and traffic lights» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights/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/) / [Buses, trams, lorries and traffic lights](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights/) / t8 # Test 8 · Buses, trams, lorries and traffic lights Grandad says a full lorry weighs as much as two cars. Is he right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Grandad, full lorry, lorry · **What happens:** say, weigh, be · **To what, where:** much · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 of lesson 20 «Buses, trams, lorries and traffic lights» 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/20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Grandad says a full lorry weighs as much as two cars. ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights:t8:1 # text = Grandad says a full lorry weighs as much as two cars. 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 lorry lorry NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 weighs weigh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 as as ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obj _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Grandad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **weigh** | present | a full lorry | much | | | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme much=Value | 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:* Is he right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights:t8:2 # text = Is he right? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | lorry | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, as much as about thirty cars ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights:t8:o1:1 # text = No, as much as about thirty cars 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 about about ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, lorries are light because they're hollow ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights:t8:o2:1 # text = Yes, lorries are light because they're hollow 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 lorries lorry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 light light ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 hollow hollow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | lorries | | | | | light *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | lorries *= lorry* | | | | | hollow *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, only about as much as one bike ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights:t8:o3:1 # text = No, only about as much as one bike 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 bike bike NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, exactly two cars, give or take ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights:t8:o4:1 # text = Yes, exactly two cars, give or take 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | infinitive | two cars | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **take** | infinitive | two cars *not said here* | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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