Test 18 · ★★ · In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers

apparently 2 kids shared one seat belt on the way to footy and when the car braked they both smashed into the seat. what's the true lesson?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: 2 kids, car, kids · What happens: share, brake, smash, be · To what, where: one seat belt, way, seat, true lesson

This is test 18 · ★★ 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	4 shared	advmod
2	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 kids	nummod
3	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shared	nsubj
4	shared	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 lesson	advcl
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 belt	nummod
6	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 belt	compound
7	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shared	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 way	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shared	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 footy	case
12	footy	footy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 way	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 smashed	cc
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	17 braked	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 car	det
16	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 braked	nsubj
17	braked	brake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 smashed	advcl
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 smashed	nsubj
19	both	both	ADV	_	20 smashed	advmod
20	smashed	smash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shared	conj
21	into	into	ADP	_	23 seat	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 seat	det
23	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 smashed	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 shared	punct
25	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	29 lesson	nsubj
26	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 lesson	cop
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 lesson	det
28	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 lesson	amod
29	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
30	?	?	PUNCT	_	29 lesson	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	share	past	2 kids	one seat belt	the way to footy	apparently property	tree rules
2	brake	past	the car				tree rules
3	smash	past	kids = kid			into the seat result; both property	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into seat=Result
4	is a	present		the true lesson			tree rules

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

Short trips don't need belts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 trips	amod
2	trips	trip	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 need	nsubj
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 need	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 need	advmod
5	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	belts	belt	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present · do-support	Short trips	belts					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot belt=Theme

Option 2

Hold on tight instead of a belt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	1 Hold	compound:prt
3	tight	tight	ADV	_	1 Hold	advmod
4	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	7 belt	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	4 instead	fixed
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 belt	det
7	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold on	imperative	you not said here					instead a belt; tight property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Two small kids can share one belt if they're small enough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 kids	nummod
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kids	amod
3	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 share	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 share	aux
5	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 belt	nummod
7	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 share	obj
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 small	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 small	nsubj
10	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 small	cop
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 share	advcl
12	enough	enough	ADV	_	11 small	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	can	Two small kids	one belt					tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	kids = kid					enough, small property	tree rules

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

Everyone needs their own seat belt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 needs	nsubj
2	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 belt	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 belt	amod
5	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 belt	compound
6	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Everyone	their own seat belt					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot belt=Theme

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