--- title: What would happen if a speck of dust landed on a car while it was be… — How a car is built · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a speck of dust landed on a car while it was being painted? Test 4 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/8-how-a-car-is-built/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [How a car is built](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/8-how-a-car-is-built/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · How a car is built What would happen if a speck of dust landed on a car while it was being painted? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** speck · **What happens:** happen, land, paint · **To what, where:** car, speck This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t4:1 # text = What would happen if a speck of dust landed on a car while it was being painted? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 speck speck NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 landed land VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 while while SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 16 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **land** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | a speck of dust | | | a car | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on car=Destination | | 3 | **paint** | past · passive | | speck | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | 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} It would make the whole car rust at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t4:o1:1 # text = It would make the whole car rust at once 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 rust rust NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | would | It | the whole car rust | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material rust=Product | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It would show as a bump in the paint ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t4:o2:1 # text = It would show as a bump in the paint 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bump bump NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 paint paint NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | would | It | | | the paint | | as a bump | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} It would make the paint shinier ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t4:o3:1 # text = It would make the paint shinier 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 paint paint NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 shinier shiny ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | would | It | the paint | | | | shiny *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material paint=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would be painted over and vanish for good ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t4:o4:1 # text = It would be painted over and vanish for good 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 over over ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 vanish vanish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint over** | would · passive | | It | | | | for good; over *property* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Result for good=Beneficiary | | 2 | **vanish** | present | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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