Exam question 2 · Car safety: brakes, seat belts and airbags
It is given that a child of nine years measures 130 centimetres. Ascertain, pursuant to United Kingdom rules, whether a child seat is required.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child, you · What happens: give, measure, ascertain, require · To what, where: It, 130 centimetres, child seat
This is exam question 2 of lesson 18 «Car safety: brakes, seat belts and airbags» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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: It is given that a child of nine years measures 130 centimetres.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 measures | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 child | det |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 measures | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 years | case |
| 8 | nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 years | nummod |
| 9 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 child | nmod |
| 10 | measures | measure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 11 | 130 | 130 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 centimetres | nummod |
| 12 | centimetres | centimetre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 measures | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | measure | present | a child of nine years | 130 centimetres | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme centimetre=Value |
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: Ascertain, pursuant to United Kingdom rules, whether a child seat is required.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 rules | punct |
| 3 | pursuant | pursuant | ADV | _ | 7 rules | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 rules | case |
| 5 | United | United | PROPN | _ | 6 Kingdom | flat |
| 6 | Kingdom | Kingdom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 rules | compound |
| 7 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Ascertain | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 required | punct |
| 9 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 14 required | mark |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 seat | det |
| 11 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 seat | compound |
| 12 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 required | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 required | aux:pass |
| 14 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Ascertain | parataxis |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | to Kingdom rules | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | require | present · passive | a child seat | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No child seat is required
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 seat | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 seat | compound |
| 3 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 required | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 required | aux:pass |
| 5 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present · passive | no child seat | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |
Option 2
The child must sit in the front seat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sit | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 sit | aux |
| 4 | sit | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 seat | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 seat | det |
| 7 | front | front | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 seat | amod |
| 8 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | must | the child | the front seat | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in seat=Location |
Option 3
A child seat is required only on motorways
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 seat | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 seat | compound |
| 3 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 required | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 required | aux:pass |
| 5 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 motorways | advmod |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 motorways | case |
| 8 | motorways | motorway | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 required | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present · passive | a child seat | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A child seat or booster is required
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 seat | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 seat | compound |
| 3 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 required | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 booster | cc |
| 5 | booster | booster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 seat | conj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 required | aux:pass |
| 7 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present · passive | a child seat or booster | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |
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