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# Test 17 · ★★ · In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers

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did u hear a kid sat in the front seat, the airbag went off in a small bump and broke his nose? real lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** u, kid, airbag · **What happens:** hear, sit, go off, break · **To what, where:** front seat, small bump, nose · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t17:1
# text = did u hear a kid sat in the front seat, the airbag went off in a small bump and broke his nose? real lesson?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	airbag	airbag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
15	off	off	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	bump	bump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
22	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	_
25	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sit** | past | a kid |  |  | the front seat |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in seat=Location |
| 3 | **go off** | past | the airbag |  |  | a small bump |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in bump=Location |
| 4 | **break** | past | a kid *not said here* | airbag's nose |  |  |  | real lesson *obl* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nose=Patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Airbags only open in big crashes on motorways, never in small bumps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t17:o1:1
# text = Airbags only open in big crashes on motorways, never in small bumps
1	Airbags	airbag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	crashes	crash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	motorways	motorway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	bumps	bump	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Airbags are soft like pillows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t17:o2:1
# text = Airbags are soft like pillows
1	Airbags	airbag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	pillows	pillow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Airbags |  |  |  |  | like pillows; soft *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Children ride in the back; airbags open with great force

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t17:o3:1
# text = Children ride in the back; airbags open with great force
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ride	ride	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	airbags	airbag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	open	open	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | present | Children |  |  | the back |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **open** | present | airbags |  |  |  |  | with great force | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sit closer to the airbag so it's gentler

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t17:o4:1
# text = Sit closer to the airbag so it's gentler
1	Sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	closer	close	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	airbag	airbag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	gentler	gentle	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the airbag; close *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | airbag |  |  |  |  | gentle *property* | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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