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title: «crash-test dummies are just shop mannequins» What is right? — How a car is built · tree and pragmatics
description: «crash-test dummies are just shop mannequins» What is right? Test 2 · ★ 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 2 · ★ · How a car is built

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«crash-test dummies are just shop mannequins» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** test dummies, shop mannequins · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** shop mannequins · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t2:1
# text = «crash-test dummies are just shop mannequins» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	crash	crash	NOUN	NN	_	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	dummies	dummy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	mannequins	mannequin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	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 | test dummies | shop mannequins |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | shop mannequins |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Yes, plain shop dummies in clothes, just heavier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t2:o1:1
# text = Yes, plain shop dummies in clothes, just heavier
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	dummies	dummy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are robots that sit in and drive the cars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t2:o2:1
# text = They are robots that sit in and drive the cars
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	drive	drive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | robots |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sit in** | present | robots |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **drive** | infinitive | robots *not said here* | the cars |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme car=Trajectory |

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

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They are full of sensors that measure what a crash would do to people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t2:o3:1
# text = They are full of sensors that measure what a crash would do to people
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sensors	sensor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	measure	measure	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	obj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	crash	crash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | of sensors; full *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **measure** | present | sensors |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | would | a crash |  |  |  |  | to people | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are statues kept at the factory for decoration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t2:o4:1
# text = They are statues kept at the factory for decoration
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	statues	statue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	factory	factory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	decoration	decoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | statues |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | participle |  | statues *not said here* |  | the factory |  | for decoration | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at factory=Location |

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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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