Test 14 · ★★ · In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers

just 2 mins to the shop, no belt needed

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: need · To what, where: belt

This is test 14 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	just	just	ADV	_	2 2	advmod
2	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 mins	nummod
3	mins	minute	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 shop	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shop	det
6	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mins	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 belt	punct
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 belt	det
9	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mins	appos
10	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 belt	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	participle		no belt not said here					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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

Fine, short trips are safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 trips	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 trips	amod
4	trips	trip	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 safe	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 safe	cop
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Fine short trips					safe property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Always buckle up, most crashes happen near home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	2 buckle	advmod
2	buckle	buckle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 buckle	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 happen	punct
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 crashes	amod
6	crashes	crash	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 happen	nsubj
7	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 buckle	conj
8	near	near	ADP	_	9 home	case
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 happen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buckle up	imperative	you not said here					always property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	happen	present	most crashes			home			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near home=Location

Option 3

Only on the motorway, where the cars go fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 motorway	advmod
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 motorway	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 motorway	det
4	motorway	motorway	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 go	punct
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 go	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cars	det
8	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 go	nsubj
9	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 motorway	conj
10	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	the cars					fast property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Fine if you hold on to the seat in front

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 hold	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 hold	nsubj
4	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Fine	advcl
5	on	on	ADP	_	4 hold	compound:prt
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 seat	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 seat	det
8	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hold	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 front	case
10	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold on	present	you			front		to the seat	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Location

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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