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description: «why's the digger on tracks, wheels'd be faster, they're thick» What is the smart answer? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 28 «Diggers, cranes and cement mixers» 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
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# Test 6 · ★ · Diggers, cranes and cement mixers

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«why's the digger on tracks, wheels'd be faster, they're thick» What is the smart answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wheels, digger · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** digger, tracks, smart answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 28 «Diggers, cranes and cement mixers» 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/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers:t6:1
# text = «why's the digger on tracks, wheels'd be faster, they're thick» What is the smart answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	digger	digger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	tracks	track	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
12	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | the digger |  | tracks |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | would | wheels |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the digger |  |  |  |  | thick *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** *speech: assert* | present |  | the smart answer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Wheels would break the digger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers:t6:o1:1
# text = Wheels would break the digger
1	Wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	digger	digger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | would | Wheels | the digger |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer digger=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tracks make the digger lighter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers:t6:o2:1
# text = Tracks make the digger lighter
1	Tracks	track	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	digger	digger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	lighter	light	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Tracks | the digger |  |  |  | light *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset digger=Product |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Tracks spread the weight so the digger does not sink in mud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers:t6:o3:1
# text = Tracks spread the weight so the digger does not sink in mud
1	Tracks	track	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spread	spread	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	digger	digger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	sink	sink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | present | Tracks | the weight |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location weight=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **sink** | present · do-support | the digger |  |  | mud |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tracks are only for show

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers:t6:o4:1
# text = Tracks are only for show
1	Tracks	track	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Tracks |  |  |  |  | for show | tree rules |

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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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