--- title: just shut up and drive, I'm texting, it's fine. is it? — Speed: fast and slow · tree and pragmatics description: just shut up and drive, I'm texting, it's fine. is it? Test 8 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 wrong. --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · Speed: fast and slow just shut up and drive, I'm texting, it's fine. is it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** shut up, drive, text, be · **To what, where:** it This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t8:1 # text = just shut up and drive, I'm texting, it's fine. is it? 1 just just ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 shut shut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 csubj _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 texting text VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shut up** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **drive** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **text** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | present | | it | | | | | tree rules | 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} Yes, texting doesn't count as driving ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t8:o1:1 # text = Yes, texting doesn't count as driving 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 texting texting NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 driving driving NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | texting | | | | | as driving | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as driving=Attribute | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, phones make drivers react faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t8:o2:1 # text = Yes, phones make drivers react faster 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 phones phone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 drivers driver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 react react VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | phones | drivers | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **react** | infinitive | drivers *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, if the car is slow ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t8:o3:1 # text = Yes, if the car is slow 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the car | | | | | slow *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, drivers on phones react later and travel further before braking ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t8:o4:1 # text = No, drivers on phones react later and travel further before braking 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 drivers driver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 phones phone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 react react VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 10 further further ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 before before SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 braking brake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **react** | present | drivers on phones | | | | | late *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **travel** | infinitive | drivers on phones *not said here* | | | | | further *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **brake** | gerund | drivers on phones *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | **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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