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description: A boy in Leeds tucks the shoulder belt behind his back because it rubs his neck. What is the right fix? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 268 «In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 1 · ★★ · In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers

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A boy in Leeds tucks the shoulder belt behind his back because it rubs his neck. What is the right fix?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, belt, right fix · **What happens:** tuck, rub, be · **To what, where:** shoulder belt, back, neck

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 268 «In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers» of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Leeds tucks the shoulder belt behind his back because it rubs his neck.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t1:1
# text = A boy in Leeds tucks the shoulder belt behind his back because it rubs his neck.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	tucks	tuck	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	rubs	rub	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tuck** | present | a boy in Leeds | the shoulder belt |  | boy's back |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent belt=Theme behind back=Trajectory |
| 2 | **rub** | present | belt | boy's neck |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent neck=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the right fix?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t1:2
# text = What is the right fix?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fix	fix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the right fix |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Keep it behind his back, since the lap belt alone is enough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t1:o1:1
# text = Keep it behind his back, since the lap belt alone is enough
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
7	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	lap	lap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | his back |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme behind back=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | the lap belt |  |  |  |  | enough *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Use a booster seat so the belt sits across his shoulder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t1:o2:1
# text = Use a booster seat so the belt sits across his shoulder
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	booster	booster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	across	across	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a booster seat |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Patient |
| 2 | **sit** | present | the belt |  |  | his shoulder |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Take the belt off for short trips

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t1:o3:1
# text = Take the belt off for short trips
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	trips	trip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take off** | imperative | you *not said here* | the belt |  |  |  | for short trips | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belt=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Put it under his arm instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t1:o4:1
# text = Put it under his arm instead
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | his arm |  | instead *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme under arm=Destination |

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