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title: «my mate's RC car keeps driving off when I use my remote» What is th… — Toys and Lego · tree and pragmatics
description: «my mate's RC car keeps driving off when I use my remote» What is the likely reason? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Toys and Lego» 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 11 · ★★ · Toys and Lego

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«my mate's RC car keeps driving off when I use my remote» What is the likely reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, I · **What happens:** keep, drive off, use, be · **To what, where:** remote, likely reason · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Toys and Lego» 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/7-toys-and-lego/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:7-toys-and-lego:t11:1
# text = «my mate's RC car keeps driving off when I use my remote» What is the likely reason?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	RC	RC	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	driving	drive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
13	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	remote	remote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | my mate and car |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drive off** *in a quote* | gerund | my mate and car *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **use** *in a quote* | present | I | my remote |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent remote=Theme clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | the likely reason |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Both cars are on the same radio channel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:7-toys-and-lego:t11:o1:1
# text = Both cars are on the same radio channel
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	radio	radio	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	channel	channel	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 | both cars |  |  | the same radio channel |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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My remote is far too strong for his little car

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:7-toys-and-lego:t11:o2:1
# text = My remote is far too strong for his little car
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	remote	remote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | My remote |  |  |  |  | for his little car; far, strong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Our batteries swapped over when we weren't looking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:7-toys-and-lego:t11:o3:1
# text = Our batteries swapped over when we weren't looking
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	batteries	battery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	swapped	swap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
6	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap over** | participle | Our batteries |  |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **look** | past · progressive | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His car is haunted and drives off on its own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:7-toys-and-lego:t11:o4:1
# text = His car is haunted and drives off on its own
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	car	car	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	haunted	haunt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	drives	drive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **haunt** | present · passive |  | His car |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **drive off** | present |  |  |  | car's own |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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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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