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title: A boy waves his arm out of the window on a country road. What could… — In the car: seat belts, car seats and… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy waves his arm out of the window on a country road. What could happen? Test 6 · ★★ 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; Mova's choice was
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# Test 6 · ★★ · In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A boy waves his arm out of the window on a country road. What could happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** wave, happen · **To what, where:** arm, window

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy waves his arm out of the window on a country road.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t6:1
# text = A boy waves his arm out of the window on a country road.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	waves	wave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
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	3	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | present | a boy | boy's arm |  | the window |  | on a country road | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What could happen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t6:2
# text = What could happen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | could |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Drivers behind him will slow down because they think he is signalling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t6:o1:1
# text = Drivers behind him will slow down because they think he is signalling
1	Drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	slow	slow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	signalling	signall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slow down** | future | Drivers behind him |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Drivers *= driver* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **signall** | present · progressive | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Nothing, because country roads are empty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t6:o2:1
# text = Nothing, because country roads are empty
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | country roads |  |  |  |  | empty *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The wind could blow his watch off only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t6:o3:1
# text = The wind could blow his watch off only
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	blow	blow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow off** | could | the wind |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **watch** | infinitive | the wind *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A branch, post or passing car could hit his arm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t6:o4:1
# text = A branch, post or passing car could hit his arm
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
7	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	hit	hit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | gerund | a branch and post *not said here* | car |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme car=Trajectory |
| 2 | **hit** | could | a branch and post | his arm |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme arm=Co-Theme |

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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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