--- title: What would happen if a helicopter lost its tail rotor? — Airports, the black box, helicopters a… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a helicopter lost its tail rotor? Test 7 of lesson 23 «Airports, the black box, helicopters and drones» 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/23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones/t7/) [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/) / [Airports, the black box, helicopters a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones/) / t7 # Test 7 · Airports, the black box, helicopters and drones What would happen if a helicopter lost its tail rotor? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** helicopter · **What happens:** happen, lose · **To what, where:** tail rotor This is test 7 of lesson 23 «Airports, the black box, helicopters and drones» 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/23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones:t7:1 # text = What would happen if a helicopter lost its tail rotor? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 helicopter helicopter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 rotor rotor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lose** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a helicopter | helicopter's tail rotor | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rotor=Eventuality | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nothing at all, the tail rotor is only there for decoration and balance ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones:t7:o1:1 # text = Nothing at all, the tail rotor is only there for decoration and balance 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 rotor rotor NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 only only ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 parataxis _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 decoration decoration NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 balance balance NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the tail rotor | | | | | for decoration and balance; there *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The body would start spinning round under the main rotor ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones:t7:o2:1 # text = The body would start spinning round under the main rotor 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 spinning spin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 round round ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 under under ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 rotor rotor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | would | the body | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **spin round** | gerund | the body *not said here* | | | the main rotor | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme under rotor=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} It would rise straight up much faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones:t7:o3:1 # text = It would rise straight up much faster 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 straight straight ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 up up ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 much much ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | would | It | | | | | fast *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would fly faster forward ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones:t7:o4:1 # text = It would fly faster forward 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 5 forward forward ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | would | It | | | | | fast, forward *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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