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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — How a car is built · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the year 2021. Exam question 3 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 3 · How a car is built

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the year 2021.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the year 2021.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	2021	2021	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* |  |  |  | year |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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The first spot weld was performed by a robot in a car factory

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:e3:o1:1
# text = The first spot weld was performed by a robot in a car factory
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
3	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	weld	weld	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	performed	perform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	factory	factory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | past · passive | a robot | the first spot weld |  | a car factory |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A shortage of computer chips halted car production in factories around the world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:e3:o2:1
# text = A shortage of computer chips halted car production in factories around the world
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shortage	shortage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	halted	halt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	production	production	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	factories	factory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	around	around	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **halt** | past | a shortage of computer chips | car production |  | factories |  | around the world | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector production=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Car factories throughout the world ceased to employ robots and returned to building vehicles by hand

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:e3:o3:1
# text = Car factories throughout the world ceased to employ robots and returned to building vehicles by hand
1	Car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	factories	factory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	ceased	cease	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	employ	employ	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	vehicles	vehicle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | past | Car factories throughout the world |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **employ** | to-infinitive | Car factories throughout the world *not said here* | robots |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robot=Theme |
| 3 | **return** | past | Car factories throughout the world *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to building vehicles *result*; by hand | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to vehicle=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tyres were first manufactured with carbon black for strength

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:e3:o4:1
# text = Tyres were first manufactured with carbon black for strength
1	Tyres	tyre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
4	manufactured	manufacture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	carbon	carbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **manufacture** | past · passive |  | Tyres |  |  |  | with carbon; first *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

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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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