Exam question 2 · In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the use of a booster seat?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, use · To what, where: use, booster seat

This is exam question 2 of lesson 268 «In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers» of the everyday 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 use	det
10	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 seat	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 seat	det
13	booster	booster	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 seat	compound
14	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 use	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the use of a booster seat	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	use		a booster seat		nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

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

Option 1

It is used only by babies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 used	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 used	aux:pass
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 babies	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 babies	case
6	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive	babies	It					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2

It is used only on long journeys of more than one hour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 used	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 used	aux:pass
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 journeys	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 journeys	case
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 journeys	amod
7	journeys	journey	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 used	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 hour	case
9	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	11 one	advmod
10	than	than	ADP	_	9 more	fixed
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 hour	nummod
12	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 journeys	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		It		long journeys of one hour			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	journey			one hour					nom journey «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It is required only in the front seat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	3 required	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 seat	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 seat	det
7	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 seat	amod
8	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		It		the front seat			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is used until the adult belt fits, about 145 to 150 cm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 used	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 used	aux:pass
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 fits	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 belt	det
6	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 belt	amod
7	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fits	nsubj
8	fits	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 used	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cm	punct
10	about	about	ADV	_	11 145	advmod
11	145	145	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 cm	nummod
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 150	case
13	150	150	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 145	nmod
14	cm	cm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		It				145 cm obl	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	fit	present	the adult belt						vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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