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title: «robots build the whole car, no people at all, right?» What is right? — How a car is built · tree and pragmatics
description: «robots build the whole car, no people at all, right?» What is right? Test 1 · ★ 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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# Test 1 · ★ · How a car is built

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«robots build the whole car, no people at all, right?» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** robots · **What happens:** build, be · **To what, where:** whole car

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 8 «How a car is built» 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/8-how-a-car-is-built/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «robots build the whole car, no people at all, right?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t1:1
# text = «robots build the whole car, no people at all, right?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	build	build	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
13	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** *in a quote* | present | robots | the whole car and no people at all |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset car=Product |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t1:2
# text = What is right?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, people still build cars entirely by hand with no machines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t1:o1:1
# text = No, people still build cars entirely by hand with no machines
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	build	build	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present | people | cars |  |  | still | by hand; with no machines; entirely *property* | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent car=Theme with machine=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Robots only carry the coffee and post around there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t1:o2:1
# text = Robots only carry the coffee and post around there
1	Robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	around	around	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | Robots | the coffee and post |  | there |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coffee=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, not one person works in any car factory any more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, not one person works in any car factory any more
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
9	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	factory	factory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	any	any	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **work** | present | one person |  |  |  |  | in any car factory | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in factory=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Robots do much welding and painting, but people still build and check

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t1:o4:1
# text = Robots do much welding and painting, but people still build and check
1	Robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	welding	welding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	still	still	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	build	build	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	check	check	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Robots | much welding and painting |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent welding=Eventuality |
| 2 | **build** | present | people |  |  |  | still |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **check** | present | Robots *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: 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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