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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the grooves in the tyres of a vehicle. Exam question 4 of lesson 85 «Pushes, pulls, friction and wheels» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Exam question 4 · Pushes, pulls, friction and wheels

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the grooves in the tyres of a vehicle.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, grooves, tyres

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 85 «Pushes, pulls, friction and wheels» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/world/85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels:e4:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the grooves in the tyres of a vehicle.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	grooves	groove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	tyres	tyre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the grooves |  | the tyres of a vehicle |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus groove=Experiencer |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They render the tyres lighter for greater speed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels:e4:o1:1
# text = They render the tyres lighter for greater speed
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	render	render	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tyres	tyre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	lighter	light	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | They | the tyres |  |  |  | for greater speed; light *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tyre=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They push water away so the tyres can grip a wet road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels:e4:o2:1
# text = They push water away so the tyres can grip a wet road
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	push	push	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tyres	tyre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	grip	grip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push away** | present | They | water |  |  |  | away *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
| 2 | **grip** | can | the tyres | a wet road |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They serve only as decoration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels:e4:o3:1
# text = They serve only as decoration
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	serve	serve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	decoration	decoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | They | decoration |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decoration=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They reduce the grip of the tyres upon the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels:e4:o4:1
# text = They reduce the grip of the tyres upon the road
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reduce	reduce	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	grip	grip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tyres	tyre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | present | They | the grip of the tyres |  |  |  | upon the road | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer grip=Patient |
| 2 | **grip** |  |  | the tyres |  |  |  |  | nom grip «act transitive»: of=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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