--- title: Determine the aggregate number of tyres required for six cars, it be… — How a car is built · tree and pragmatics description: Determine the aggregate number of tyres required for six cars, it being given that each car is fitted with four wheels and one spare. Exam question 4 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 eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/8-how-a-car-is-built/e4/) [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/) / [How a car is built](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/8-how-a-car-is-built/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · How a car is built Determine the aggregate number of tyres required for six cars, it being given that each car is fitted with four wheels and one spare. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine, require, give, fit · **To what, where:** aggregate number, tyres, number, car This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:e4:1 # text = Determine the aggregate number of tyres required for six cars, it being given that each car is fitted with four wheels and one spare. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 aggregate aggregate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 tyres tyre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 fitted fit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 wheels wheel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 spare spare NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the aggregate number of tyres | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **require** | participle | | tyres *not said here* | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **give** | gerund · passive | | number | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **fit** | present · passive | | each car | | | | with four wheels and one spare | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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} Ten ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:e4:o1:1 # text = Ten 1 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Twenty-four ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:e4:o2:1 # text = Twenty-four 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Twenty-five ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:e4:o3:1 # text = Twenty-five 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Thirty ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:e4:o4:1 # text = Thirty 1 Thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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