Test 17 · ★★ · In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers

did u hear a kid sat in the front seat, the airbag went off in a small bump and broke his nose? real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, kid, airbag · What happens: hear, sit, go off, break · To what, where: front seat, small bump, nose · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sat	nsubj
6	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 seat	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 seat	det
9	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 seat	amod
10	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sat	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 went	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 airbag	det
13	airbag	airbag	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 went	nsubj
14	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sat	conj
15	off	off	ADP	_	14 went	compound:prt
16	in	in	ADP	_	19 bump	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 bump	det
18	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 bump	amod
19	bump	bump	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 went	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 broke	cc
21	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sat	conj
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 nose	nmod:poss
23	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 broke	obj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	26 lesson	punct
25	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 lesson	amod
26	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 broke	obl
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	sit	past	a kid		the front seat		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in seat=Location
3	go off	past	the airbag		a small bump		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in bump=Location
4	break	past	a kid not said here	airbag's nose		real lesson obl	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nose=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 · ← Mova's choice

Airbags only open in big crashes on motorways, never in small bumps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Airbags	airbag	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 open	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 open	advmod
3	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 crashes	case
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 crashes	amod
6	crashes	crash	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 open	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 motorways	case
8	motorways	motorway	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 crashes	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bumps	punct
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 bumps	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 bumps	case
12	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bumps	amod
13	bumps	bump	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 open	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Airbags are soft like pillows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Airbags	airbag	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 soft	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 soft	cop
3	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	like	like	ADP	_	5 pillows	case
5	pillows	pillow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 soft	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Airbags					like pillows; soft property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Children ride in the back; airbags open with great force

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ride	nsubj
2	ride	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 back	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 back	det
5	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ride	obl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 open	punct
7	airbags	airbag	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 open	nsubj
8	open	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 ride	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 force	case
10	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 force	amod
11	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 open	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	present	Children			the back			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	open	present	airbags					with great force	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Sit closer to the airbag so it's gentler

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	closer	close	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Sit	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 airbag	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 airbag	det
5	airbag	airbag	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sit	obl
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 gentler	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gentler	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 gentler	cop
9	gentler	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Sit	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	imperative	you not said here					to the airbag; close property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	airbag					gentle property	tree rules

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