Exam question 4 · Car safety: brakes, seat belts and airbags

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the placement of a rear-facing infant seat.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, face · To what, where: response, placement

This is exam question 4 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 placement	det
11	placement	placement	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	18 seat	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 seat	det
14	rear	rear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 facing	amod
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 rear	punct
16	facing	face	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 seat	amod
17	infant	infant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 seat	amod
18	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 placement	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the placement of a facing infant seat		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus placement=Experiencer
4	face	gerund				vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It must never be placed before an active front airbag

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	5 placed	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 placed	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 placed	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 placed	aux:pass
5	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	before	before	ADP	_	10 airbag	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 airbag	det
8	active	active	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 airbag	amod
9	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 airbag	amod
10	airbag	airbag	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not place	must · passive		It		a active front airbag			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme before airbag=Destination

Option 2

It must always be placed in the front seat beside the driver

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	5 placed	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 placed	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 placed	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 placed	aux:pass
5	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 seat	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 seat	det
8	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 seat	amod
9	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 placed	obl
10	beside	beside	ADP	_	12 driver	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 driver	det
12	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 seat	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	must · passive		It		the front seat beside the driver		always property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in seat=Destination

Option 3

It requires no seat belt whatsoever

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	2 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 belt	det
4	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 belt	compound
5	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 requires	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	no seat belt				whatsoever property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme belt=Precondition

Option 4

It must face forwards in all circumstances

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 face	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 face	aux
3	face	face	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	forwards	forward	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 face	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 circumstances	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 circumstances	det
7	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 face	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	face	must	It	forwards		all circumstances			vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme forward=Destination

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