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Test 1 · ★★ · In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers

A boy in Leeds tucks the shoulder belt behind his back because it rubs his neck. What is the right fix?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, belt, right fix · What happens: tuck, rub, be · To what, where: shoulder belt, back, neck

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 268 «In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers» of the everyday 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.

The question

Sentence 1: A boy in Leeds tucks the shoulder belt behind his back because it rubs his neck.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tucks	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Leeds	case
4	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	tucks	tuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 belt	det
7	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 belt	compound
8	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tucks	obj
9	behind	behind	ADP	_	11 back	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 back	nmod:poss
11	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 belt	nmod
12	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 rubs	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 rubs	nsubj
14	rubs	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tucks	advcl
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 neck	nmod:poss
16	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rubs	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 tucks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tuck	present	a boy in Leeds	the shoulder belt		boy's back			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent belt=Theme behind back=Trajectory
2	rub	present	belt	boy's neck					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent neck=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.

Sentence 2: What is the right fix?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fix	det
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fix	amod
5	fix	fix	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the right fix						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Keep it behind his back, since the lap belt alone is enough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	behind	behind	ADP	_	5 back	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 back	nmod:poss
5	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 enough	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	13 enough	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 belt	det
9	lap	lap	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 belt	compound
10	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 enough	nsubj
11	alone	alone	ADV	_	10 belt	advmod
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 enough	cop
13	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it		his back			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme behind back=Location
2	is	present	the lap belt					enough property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Use a booster seat so the belt sits across his shoulder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 seat	det
3	booster	booster	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seat	compound
4	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 sits	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 belt	det
7	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sits	nsubj
8	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Use	advcl
9	across	across	ADP	_	11 shoulder	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 shoulder	nmod:poss
11	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	a booster seat					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Patient
2	sit	present	the belt			his shoulder			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Take the belt off for short trips

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 belt	det
3	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	1 Take	compound:prt
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 trips	case
6	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 trips	amod
7	trips	trip	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take off	imperative	you not said here	the belt				for short trips	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belt=Theme

Option 4

Put it under his arm instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 arm	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 arm	nmod:poss
5	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
6	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	it		his arm		instead property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme under arm=Destination

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