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title: Identify the principal purpose of the crash tests performed upon new… — How a car is built · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal purpose of the crash tests performed upon new vehicles. Exam question 2 of lesson 8 «How a car is built» 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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# Exam question 2 · How a car is built

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Identify the principal purpose of the crash tests performed upon new vehicles.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, crash tests · **What happens:** identify, perform · **To what, where:** principal purpose

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 8 «How a car is built» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/8-how-a-car-is-built/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose of the crash tests performed upon new vehicles.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	crash	crash	NOUN	NN	_	8	compound	_	_
8	tests	test	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	performed	perform	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	vehicles	vehicle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal purpose |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **perform** | past | the crash tests | the principal purpose *not said here* |  |  |  | upon new vehicles | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |

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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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To ascertain, by instrumented dummies, the injuries occupants would sustain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:e2:o1:1
# text = To ascertain, by instrumented dummies, the injuries occupants would sustain
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	instrumented	instrument	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	dummies	dummy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	injuries	injury	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
10	occupants	occupant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	sustain	sustain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | to-infinitive | the injuries *not said here* | instrumented dummies |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dummy=Topic |
| 2 | **instrument** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sustain** | would | the injuries |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To determine the noise produced by a collision at speed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:e2:o2:1
# text = To determine the noise produced by a collision at speed
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	collision	collision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | to-infinitive |  | the noise |  | speed |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Topic |
| 2 | **produce** | participle |  | the noise *not said here* |  |  |  | by a collision | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To test the durability of the paint under severe impact

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:e2:o3:1
# text = To test the durability of the paint under severe impact
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	test	test	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	durability	durability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	severe	severe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	impact	impact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | to-infinitive |  | the durability of the paint |  | severe impact |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent durability=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To dispose of defective vehicles in a controlled manner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:e2:o4:1
# text = To dispose of defective vehicles in a controlled manner
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dispose	dispose	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	defective	defective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	vehicles	vehicle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	controlled	control	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dispose** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | a controlled manner |  | of defective vehicles | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **control** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: 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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