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title: A mum in Alberta says, "We're nearly home, you can unbuckle now." Wh… — In the car: seat belts, car seats and… · tree and pragmatics
description: A mum in Alberta says, "We're nearly home, you can unbuckle now." Why is it better to wait? Test 4 · ★★ 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 option; M
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# Test 4 · ★★ · In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers

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A mum in Alberta says, "We're nearly home, you can unbuckle now." Why is it better to wait?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, We, you, it · **What happens:** say, be, unbuckle, wait · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A mum in Alberta says, "We're nearly home, you can unbuckle now."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t4:1
# text = A mum in Alberta says, "We're nearly home, you can unbuckle now."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Alberta	Alberta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	home	home	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	unbuckle	unbuckle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
16	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a mum in Alberta |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | We |  |  |  |  | home, nearly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **unbuckle** *in a quote* | can | you |  |  |  | now |  | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Why is it better to wait?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t4:2
# text = Why is it better to wait?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wait** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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A crash or hard brake can still happen at the last moment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t4:o1:1
# text = A crash or hard brake can still happen at the last moment
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crash	crash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	brake	brake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | can | a crash or hard brake |  |  |  | still; moment |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is impolite to unbuckle early

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t4:o2:1
# text = It is impolite to unbuckle early
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	impolite	impolite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	unbuckle	unbuckle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
6	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | impolite *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **unbuckle** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | early *property* | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The belt is hard to undo while moving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t4:o3:1
# text = The belt is hard to undo while moving
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	undo	undo	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the belt |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **undo** | to-infinitive | the belt *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **move** | gerund | the belt *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The car will beep loudly and stop the engine if anyone unbuckles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t4:o4:1
# text = The car will beep loudly and stop the engine if anyone unbuckles
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	beep	beep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	engine	engine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	nsubj	_	_
12	unbuckles	unbuckle	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beep** | future | the car |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** | infinitive | the car *not said here* | the engine |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality engine=Eventuality |
| 3 | **unbuckle** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | anyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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