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title: In a cartoon a giant press squashes a cat flat and it pops back up.… — How a car is built · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a giant press squashes a cat flat and it pops back up. What is the real rule? Test 11 · ★ 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 11 · ★ · How a car is built

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In a cartoon a giant press squashes a cat flat and it pops back up. What is the real rule?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** giant press, press, real rule · **What happens:** squash, pop, be · **To what, where:** cat, cartoon

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a giant press squashes a cat flat and it pops back up.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t11:1
# text = In a cartoon a giant press squashes a cat flat and it pops back up.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	press	press	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	squashes	squash	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	pops	pop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	back	back	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	up	up	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squash** | present | a giant press | a cat |  | a cartoon |  | flat *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent cat=Theme in cartoon=Trajectory |
| 2 | **pop** | present | press |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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 the real rule?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t11:2
# text = What is the real rule?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the real rule |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Presses are soft inside and can't hurt anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t11:o1:1
# text = Presses are soft inside and can't hurt anyone
1	Presses	press	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Presses |  |  |  |  | inside, soft *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **hurt** | can | Presses *not said here* | anyone |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Presses only squash cardboard, never anything solid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t11:o2:1
# text = Presses only squash cardboard, never anything solid
1	Presses	press	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	squash	squash	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	cardboard	cardboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	_
8	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squash** | present | Presses | cardboard |  |  |  | anything *obl* | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cardboard=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Presses are fenced off and stop if a light beam is broken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t11:o3:1
# text = Presses are fenced off and stop if a light beam is broken
1	Presses	press	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	fenced	fence	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	beam	beam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fence off** | present · passive |  | Presses |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |
| 2 | **stop** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **break** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive |  | a light beam |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Workers stand under the presses to check them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t11:o4:1
# text = Workers stand under the presses to check them
1	Workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	presses	press	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | Workers |  |  | the presses |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under press=Location |
| 2 | **check** | to-infinitive | Workers *not said here* | Workers *= worker* |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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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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