--- title: In a cartoon, a car brakes hard and the passengers are thrown backwa… — Speed: fast and slow · tree and pragmatics description: In a cartoon, a car brakes hard and the passengers are thrown backwards. What's wrong? Test 3 of lesson 36 «Speed: fast and slow» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/36-speed-fast-and-slow/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / [Speed: fast and slow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/36-speed-fast-and-slow/) / t3 # Test 3 · Speed: fast and slow In a cartoon, a car brakes hard and the passengers are thrown backwards. What's wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** car · **What happens:** brake, throw, be · **To what, where:** cartoon, passengers This is test 3 of lesson 36 «Speed: fast and slow» of the physics 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/physics/36-speed-fast-and-slow/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a car brakes hard and the passengers are thrown backwards. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t3:1 # text = In a cartoon, a car brakes hard and the passengers are thrown backwards. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 brakes brake VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 passengers passenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 14 backwards backwards ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **brake** | present | a car | | | a cartoon | | hard *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **throw** | present · passive | | the passengers | | | | backwards *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t3:2 # text = What's wrong? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nothing, braking throws you backwards ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t3:o1:1 # text = Nothing, braking throws you backwards 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 braking braking NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 throws throw VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 backwards backwards ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | present | Nothing | you | | | | backwards *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They would stay perfectly still ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t3:o2:1 # text = They would stay perfectly still 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | would | They | | | | still | perfectly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They would lurch forward, because their bodies keep moving ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t3:o3:1 # text = They would lurch forward, because their bodies keep moving 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 lurch lurch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 forward forward ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 moving move VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lurch** | would | They | | | | | forward *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **keep** | present | their bodies | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **move** | gerund | their bodies *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They would float upwards ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t3:o4:1 # text = They would float upwards 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 float float VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 upwards upwards ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | would | They | | | | | upwards *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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