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title: «tyres are black cos of road dirt, they start off white» What is rig… — How a car is built · tree and pragmatics
description: «tyres are black cos of road dirt, they start off white» What is right? Test 10 · ★ 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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# Test 10 · ★ · How a car is built

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«tyres are black cos of road dirt, they start off white» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tyres, black cos · **What happens:** be, start off · **To what, where:** black cos

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This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t10:1
# text = «tyres are black cos of road dirt, they start off white» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	tyres	tyre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cos	co	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	start	start	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | tyres | black cos |  |  |  | of road dirt | tree rules |
| 2 | **start off** *in a quote* | present | black cos |  |  |  |  | white *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | 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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Carbon black is mixed in at the factory, making them stronger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t10:o1:1
# text = Carbon black is mixed in at the factory, making them stronger
1	Carbon	carbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	factory	factory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix in** | present · passive |  | Carbon |  | the factory |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | strong *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rubber trees give black rubber, so it stays that way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t10:o2:1
# text = Rubber trees give black rubber, so it stays that way
1	Rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | Rubber trees | black rubber |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rubber=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** | present | rubber | that way |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, tyres start off white and only get black from road dirt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t10:o3:1
# text = Yes, tyres start off white and only get black from road dirt
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	tyres	tyre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	start	start	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start off** | present | tyres |  |  |  |  | white *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** | present | tyres *not said here* |  |  | road dirt |  | black *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from dirt=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are dyed black just for style, like shoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t10:o4:1
# text = They are dyed black just for style, like shoes
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	dyed	dye	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	style	style	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dye** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  | for style; like shoes; black *property* | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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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