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description: «windscreen got hit by a stone, cracked like a web but didn't fall in, weird» Why? Test 3 · ★ 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 3 · ★ · How a car is built

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«windscreen got hit by a stone, cracked like a web but didn't fall in, weird» Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stone · **What happens:** hit, crack, not fall in · **To what, where:** windscreen

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t3:1
# text = «windscreen got hit by a stone, cracked like a web but didn't fall in, weird» Why?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	windscreen	windscreen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	hit	hit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	cracked	crack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	web	web	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
17	in	in	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
21	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** *in a quote* | past · passive | a stone | windscreen |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **crack** *in a quote* | participle | a stone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a web | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **fall in** *in a quote* | past · do-support | a stone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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The stone was too small to really hurt the glass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t3:o1:1
# text = The stone was too small to really hurt the glass
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the stone |  |  |  |  | small *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hurt** | to-infinitive | the stone *not said here* | the glass |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer glass=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The windscreen is not real glass, just thin plastic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t3:o2:1
# text = The windscreen is not real glass, just thin plastic
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	windscreen	windscreen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | the windscreen | real glass and thin plastic |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The glass was frozen at the time, so it held

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t3:o3:1
# text = The glass was frozen at the time, so it held
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | past · passive |  | the glass |  |  | time |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **hold** | past | glass |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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The plastic layer between two sheets of glass holds the pieces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t3:o4:1
# text = The plastic layer between two sheets of glass holds the pieces
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	layer	layer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	sheets	sheet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | the plastic layer between two sheets of glass | the pieces |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=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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