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title: A cyclist rides past just as a passenger flings the car door open. W… — In the car: seat belts, car seats and… · tree and pragmatics
description: A cyclist rides past just as a passenger flings the car door open. Which habit would have helped? Test 2 · ★★ 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 each opt
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# Test 2 · ★★ · In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers

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A cyclist rides past just as a passenger flings the car door open. Which habit would have helped?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cyclist, passenger, habit · **What happens:** ride, fling, help · **To what, where:** car door

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cyclist rides past just as a passenger flings the car door open.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t2:1
# text = A cyclist rides past just as a passenger flings the car door open.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cyclist	cyclist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rides	ride	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	past	past	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	passenger	passenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	flings	fling	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | present | a cyclist |  |  |  |  | past *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fling** | present | a passenger | the car door |  |  |  | open *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=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:* Which habit would have helped?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t2:2
# text = Which habit would have helped?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	habit	habit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	helped	help	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | would · perfect | which habit |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The Dutch reach, which turns you to look back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t2:o1:1
# text = The Dutch reach, which turns you to look back
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Dutch	dutch	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	reach	reach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | the Dutch reach | you |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme you=Result |
| 2 | **look back** | to-infinitive | the Dutch reach *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Opening the door with the near hand, then checking the mirror

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t2:o2:1
# text = Opening the door with the near hand, then checking the mirror
1	Opening	open	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	near	near	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	checking	check	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | gerund |  | the door |  |  |  | with the near hand | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent door=Patient with hand=Instrument |
| 2 | **check** | gerund |  | the mirror |  |  | then |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mirror=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Honking the horn before opening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t2:o3:1
# text = Honking the horn before opening
1	Honking	honk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	opening	open	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **honk** | gerund |  | the horn |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent horn=Theme |
| 2 | **open** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Opening the door faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t2:o4:1
# text = Opening the door faster
1	Opening	open	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | gerund |  | the door |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme |

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