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Test 4 · ★★ · In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers

A mum in Alberta says, "We're nearly home, you can unbuckle now." Why is it better to wait?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, We, you, it · What happens: say, be, unbuckle, wait · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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 mum in Alberta says, "We're nearly home, you can unbuckle now."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 mum	det
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Alberta	case
4	Alberta	Alberta	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 mum	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 unbuckle	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 home	punct
8	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 home	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 home	cop
10	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	11 home	advmod
11	home	home	ADV	_	15 unbuckle	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 unbuckle	punct
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 unbuckle	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 unbuckle	aux
15	unbuckle	unbuckle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 says	ccomp
16	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 unbuckle	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 unbuckle	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 unbuckle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a mum in Alberta						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	We					home, nearly property	tree rules
3	unbuckle in a quote	can	you				now		vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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: Why is it better to wait?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 better	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 better	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 better	nsubj
4	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 wait	mark
6	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 better	csubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 better	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					good property	tree rules
2	wait	to-infinitive							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

A crash or hard brake can still happen at the last moment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 crash	det
2	crash	crash	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 happen	nsubj
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 brake	cc
4	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 brake	amod
5	brake	brake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crash	conj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 happen	aux
7	still	still	ADV	_	8 happen	advmod
8	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 moment	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 moment	det
11	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 moment	amod
12	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 happen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	can	a crash or hard brake				still; moment		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It is impolite to unbuckle early

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 impolite	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 impolite	cop
3	impolite	impolite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 unbuckle	mark
5	unbuckle	unbuckle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 impolite	csubj
6	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 unbuckle	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					impolite property	tree rules
2	unbuckle	to-infinitive						early property	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The belt is hard to undo while moving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 belt	det
2	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hard	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hard	cop
4	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 undo	mark
6	undo	undo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hard	xcomp
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 moving	mark
8	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 undo	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the belt					hard property	tree rules
2	undo	to-infinitive	the belt not said here						vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	move	gerund	the belt not said here						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The car will beep loudly and stop the engine if anyone unbuckles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 car	det
2	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 beep	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 beep	aux
4	beep	beep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	4 beep	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 stop	cc
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 beep	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 engine	det
9	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stop	obj
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 unbuckles	mark
11	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 unbuckles	nsubj
12	unbuckles	unbuckle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 beep	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beep	future	the car					loudly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stop	infinitive	the car not said here	the engine					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality engine=Eventuality
3	unbuckle a condition, not said to happen	present	anyone						vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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