Exam question 3 · In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers

Select the response consistent with established practice regarding a rear-facing baby seat.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, regard, face · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 practice	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 practice	amod
7	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 seat	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 seat	det
10	rear	rear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 facing	amod
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 rear	punct
12	facing	face	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 seat	amod
13	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 seat	compound
14	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 practice	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	regard	gerund			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	face	gerund			vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

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 placed facing forwards after a month

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 placed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 placed	aux:pass
3	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	facing	face	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 placed	xcomp
5	forwards	forwards	ADV	_	4 facing	advmod
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 month	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 month	det
8	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 facing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	present · passive		It					tree rules
2	face	gerund					month	forwards property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It may be held on a lap instead

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	4 held	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 held	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 held	aux:pass
4	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 lap	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lap	det
7	lap	lap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	obl
8	instead	instead	ADV	_	4 held	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	may · passive		It		a lap		instead property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on lap=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is never placed in front of an active airbag

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	4 placed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 placed	aux:pass
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 placed	advmod
4	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 front	case
6	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 placed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 airbag	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 airbag	det
9	active	active	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 airbag	amod
10	airbag	airbag	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not place	present · passive		It		front of a active airbag			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in front=Destination

Option 4

It is placed in the front for the driver to see

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 placed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 placed	aux:pass
3	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 front	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 front	det
6	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 placed	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 driver	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 driver	det
9	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 placed	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 see	mark
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 placed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	present · passive		It		the front		for the driver	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in front=Destination
2	see	to-infinitive							vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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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