Test 11 · ★ · Car safety: brakes, seat belts and airbags

What would ABS do if the driver slammed the brakes on ice?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: ABS, driver · What happens: do, slam · To what, where: brakes, ice

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 18 «Car safety: brakes, seat belts and airbags» of the technology 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	ABS	ab	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 slammed	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 driver	det
7	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slammed	nsubj
8	slammed	slam	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 do	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 brakes	det
10	brakes	brake	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 slammed	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 ice	case
12	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slammed	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	would	ABS						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	slam a condition, not said to happen	past	the driver	the brakes		ice			vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent brake=Patient on ice=Location

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

Spin the car round on purpose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spin	spin	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 car	det
3	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Spin	obj
4	round	round	ADV	_	1 Spin	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 purpose	case
6	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Spin	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	imperative	you not said here	the car		purpose		round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent car=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Stop the wheels locking so the driver can still steer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wheels	det
3	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Stop	obj
4	locking	lock	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 steer	csubj
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 driver	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 driver	det
7	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 locking	obl
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 steer	aux
9	still	still	ADV	_	10 steer	advmod
10	steer	steer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Stop	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here	the wheels			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality wheel=Eventuality
2	lock	gerund				so the driver	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	steer	can	locking		still		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Make the car go faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 car	det
3	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Make	obj
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Make	xcomp
5	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here	the car					tree rules
2	go	infinitive	the car not said here					fast property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Turn off the brakes completely so the tyres can slide along the ice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	1 Turn	compound:prt
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 brakes	det
4	brakes	brake	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Turn	obj
5	completely	completely	ADV	_	1 Turn	advmod
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 slide	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tyres	det
8	tyres	tyre	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 slide	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 slide	aux
10	slide	slide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Turn	advcl
11	along	along	ADP	_	13 ice	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ice	det
13	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 slide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn off	imperative	you not said here	the brakes				completely property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent brake=Patient
2	slide	can	the tyres			the ice			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along ice=Trajectory

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