Test 2 · ★ · Car safety: brakes, seat belts and airbags

My brother tucks the belt under his arm cos it's itchy on his neck. What's right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, belt · What happens: tuck, be · To what, where: belt, arm, neck

This is test 2 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: My brother tucks the belt under his arm cos it's itchy on his neck.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tucks	nsubj
3	tucks	tuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 belt	det
5	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tucks	obj
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 arm	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 arm	nmod:poss
8	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tucks	obl
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	12 itchy	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 itchy	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 itchy	cop
12	itchy	itchy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tucks	advcl
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 neck	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 neck	nmod:poss
15	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 itchy	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tucks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tuck	present	My brother	the belt		brother's arm			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent belt=Theme under arm=Trajectory
2	is	present	belt			brother's neck		itchy property	tree rules

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: What's right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

He should put it round his soft tummy instead, under his jumper, so it doesn't rub

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 put	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 put	aux
3	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 put	obj
5	round	round	ADP	_	8 tummy	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tummy	nmod:poss
7	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tummy	amod
8	tummy	tummy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 put	obl
9	instead	instead	ADV	_	3 put	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 jumper	punct
11	under	under	ADP	_	13 jumper	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 jumper	nmod:poss
13	jumper	jumper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 put	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 rub	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	19 rub	advmod
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 rub	nsubj
17	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 rub	aux
18	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 rub	advmod
19	rub	rub	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 put	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	should	He	it				round his soft tummy; instead property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal
2	not rub	present · do-support	jumper						vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme

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

He needs a booster so the belt sits on his chest and hips

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 needs	nsubj
2	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 booster	det
4	booster	booster	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 needs	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 sits	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 belt	det
7	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sits	nsubj
8	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 needs	advcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 chest	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 chest	nmod:poss
11	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sits	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 hips	cc
13	hips	hip	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 chest	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	He	a booster					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot booster=Theme
2	sit	present	the belt			his chest and hips			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chest=Location

Option 3

That is the safest way to wear it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 way	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 wear	mark
7	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	That	the safest way					tree rules
2	wear	to-infinitive		way					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

It doesn't matter where it goes

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	4 matter	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matter	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 matter	advmod
4	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 goes	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 goes	nsubj
7	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matter	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not matter	present · do-support	It						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	go	present	it						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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