Test 5 · ★ · Seat belts, crashes and keeping safe

mate says cars can stop dead the second the driver hits the brakes. true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, cars, second · What happens: say, stop, hit · To what, where: brakes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stop	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 stop	aux
5	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stop	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 second	det
8	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 hits	nsubj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 driver	det
10	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hits	nsubj
11	hits	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stop	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 brakes	det
13	brakes	brake	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hits	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 stop	punct
15	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stop	parataxis
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stop	can	cars		dead property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	hit	present	the second	the brakes		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme brake=Co-Theme

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

Yes, but only on dry roads with good brand-new tyres

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 roads	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 roads	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 roads	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 roads	case
6	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 roads	amod
7	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	13 tyres	case
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 tyres	amod
10	brand	brand	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 new	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 brand	punct
12	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 tyres	amod
13	tyres	tyre	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 roads	nmod

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

Option 2

Yes, if the driver presses the pedal really hard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 presses	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 presses	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 presses	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 driver	det
5	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 presses	nsubj
6	presses	press	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pedal	det
8	pedal	pedal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 presses	obj
9	really	really	ADV	_	10 hard	advmod
10	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 presses	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	present	the driver	the pedal				hard property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pedal=Theme

Option 3

Yes, modern brakes work instantly the moment they are pressed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 work	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 work	punct
3	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 brakes	amod
4	brakes	brake	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 work	nsubj
5	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	5 work	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 moment	det
8	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 work	obl:unmarked
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 pressed	nsubj:pass
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 pressed	aux:pass
11	pressed	press	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 moment	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	modern brakes				moment	instantly property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	press	present · passive	the moment not said here	brakes = brake					vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

No, a car always needs time and distance to stop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 needs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 car	det
4	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 needs	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 needs	advmod
6	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 needs	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 distance	cc
9	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 time	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 stop	mark
11	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 time	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	a car				time	always property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	stop	to-infinitive	a car not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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