Test 1 · ★ · Seat belts, crashes and keeping safe

nah i don't need a belt, i'll just hold onto the seat if we crash. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i, we · What happens: not need, hold, crash · To what, where: belt, seat

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 37 «Seat belts, crashes and keeping safe» of the physics 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	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 need	discourse
2	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 need	nsubj
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 belt	det
7	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 need	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hold	punct
9	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 hold	nsubj
10	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 hold	aux
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 hold	advmod
12	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 need	conj
13	onto	onto	ADP	_	15 seat	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 seat	det
15	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hold	obl
16	if	if	SCONJ	_	18 crash	mark
17	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 crash	nsubj
18	crash	crash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 hold	advcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 need	punct
20	right	right	INTJ	_	5 need	discourse
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	not need	present · do-support	i	a belt		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot belt=Theme
2	hold	future	i		the seat	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	crash a condition, not said to happen	present	we			vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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

No, you should hold the door handle instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 hold	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 hold	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 hold	aux
5	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 handle	det
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 handle	compound
8	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hold	obj
9	instead	instead	ADV	_	5 hold	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	should	you	the door handle				instead property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handle=Theme

Option 2

Yes, holding on is just as safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 safe	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 safe	csubj
4	on	on	ADP	_	3 holding	compound:prt
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 safe	cop
6	just	just	ADV	_	8 safe	advmod
7	as	as	ADV	_	8 safe	advmod
8	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold on	gerund							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	holding					safe property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, in a crash your body keeps going far harder than your arms can hold

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	16 hold	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 crash	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 crash	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 crash	det
5	crash	crash	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hold	nsubj
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 body	nmod:poss
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keeps	nsubj
8	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 crash	acl:relcl
9	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 keeps	xcomp
10	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 harder	advmod
11	harder	hard	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 going	xcomp
12	than	than	ADP	_	14 arms	case
13	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 arms	nmod:poss
14	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 harder	obl
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 hold	aux
16	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	present	your body	a crash not said here		tree rules
2	go	gerund	a crash not said here		hard property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hold	can	a crash			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, if you hold tightly with both hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 hold	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hold	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 hold	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 hold	nsubj
5	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	5 hold	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 hands	case
8	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	9 hands	det
9	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	you					with both hands; tightly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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