Test 7 · ★ · Seat belts, crashes and keeping safe
Why are the strong bones of the hips and shoulder the best place for a belt to press?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, press · To what, where: strong bones
This is test 7 · ★ 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 bones | advmod |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 bones | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bones | det |
| 4 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bones | amod |
| 5 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 hips | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hips | det |
| 8 | hips | hip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 bones | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 shoulder | cc |
| 10 | shoulder | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hips | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 place | det |
| 12 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 13 place | amod |
| 13 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hips | nmod |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 belt | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 belt | det |
| 16 | belt | belt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 place | nmod |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 press | mark |
| 18 | press | press | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 place | acl |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 bones | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the strong bones | of the hips the best place for a belt and shoulder | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | press | to-infinitive | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
They are the lightest parts of the body, so they move less
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 parts | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 parts | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 parts | det |
| 4 | lightest | light | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 parts | amod |
| 5 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 body | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 body | det |
| 8 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 parts | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 move | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 move | advmod |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 move | nsubj |
| 12 | move | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 parts | acl:relcl |
| 13 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 12 move | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | They | the lightest parts | of the body | tree rules | |||
| 2 | move | present | parts = part | the lightest parts not said here | less property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent part=Theme |
Option 2
They are the softest and most cushioned parts of the body
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 softest | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 softest | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 softest | det |
| 4 | softest | soft | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 parts | cc |
| 6 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 7 cushioned | advmod |
| 7 | cushioned | cushion | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 parts | amod |
| 8 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 softest | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 body | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 body | det |
| 11 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 parts | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | soft property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cushion | participle | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
They can take the force without serious harm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 take | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 take | aux |
| 3 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 force | det |
| 5 | force | force | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 take | obj |
| 6 | without | without | ADP | _ | 8 harm | case |
| 7 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 harm | amod |
| 8 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 take | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | can | They | the force | without serious harm | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent force=Theme |
Option 4
They are the parts that sit closest to the car floor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 parts | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 parts | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 parts | det |
| 4 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 sit | nsubj |
| 6 | sit | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 parts | acl:relcl |
| 7 | closest | close | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 sit | parataxis |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 floor | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 floor | det |
| 10 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 floor | compound |
| 11 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | They | the parts | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sit | present | the parts | to the car floor | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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