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title: Max is seven and small. Dad says he can use the adult belt without a… — Seat belts, crashes and keeping safe · tree and pragmatics
description: Max is seven and small. Dad says he can use the adult belt without a booster. What's the problem? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 37 «Seat belts, crashes and keeping safe» 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 w
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# Test 4 · ★ · Seat belts, crashes and keeping safe

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Max is seven and small. Dad says he can use the adult belt without a booster. What's the problem?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Max, Dad, problem · **What happens:** be, say, use · **To what, where:** seven, adult belt · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 37 «Seat belts, crashes and keeping safe» 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/37-seat-belts-crashes-and-keeping-safe/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Max is seven and small.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:37-seat-belts-crashes-and-keeping-safe:t4:1
# text = Max is seven and small.
1	Max	Max	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Max | seven |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Max *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Dad says he can use the adult belt without a booster.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:37-seat-belts-crashes-and-keeping-safe:t4:2
# text = Dad says he can use the adult belt without a booster.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	booster	booster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **use** | can | Dad | the adult belt |  |  |  | without a booster | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belt=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the problem?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:37-seat-belts-crashes-and-keeping-safe:t4:3
# text = What's the problem?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the problem |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Boosters only matter on long journeys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:37-seat-belts-crashes-and-keeping-safe:t4:o1:1
# text = Boosters only matter on long journeys
1	Boosters	booster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	matter	matter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	journeys	journey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present | Boosters |  |  | long journeys |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The belt would cross his neck and tummy instead of shoulder and hips

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:37-seat-belts-crashes-and-keeping-safe:t4:o2:1
# text = The belt would cross his neck and tummy instead of shoulder and hips
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cross	cross	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	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	hips	hip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | would | the belt | his neck and tummy |  |  |  | instead shoulder and hips | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Small children slip under the airbag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:37-seat-belts-crashes-and-keeping-safe:t4:o3:1
# text = Small children slip under the airbag
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	slip	slip	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	airbag	airbag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip** | present | Small children |  |  | the airbag |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Adult belts are too short for children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:37-seat-belts-crashes-and-keeping-safe:t4:o4:1
# text = Adult belts are too short for children
1	Adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	belts	belt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Adult belts |  |  |  |  | for children; short *property* | tree rules |

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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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