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title: mate says cars can stop dead the second the driver hits the brakes.… — Seat belts, crashes and keeping safe · tree and pragmatics
description: mate says cars can stop dead the second the driver hits the brakes. true? Test 5 · ★ 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 was right.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Seat belts, crashes and keeping safe

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
mate says cars can stop dead the second the driver hits the brakes. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, cars, second · **What happens:** say, stop, hit · **To what, where:** brakes · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:37-seat-belts-crashes-and-keeping-safe:t5:1
# text = mate says cars can stop dead the second the driver hits the brakes. true?
1	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	nsubj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	hits	hit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	brakes	brake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
15	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 | mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** | can | cars |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **hit** | present | the second | the brakes |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme brake=Co-Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only on dry roads with good brand-new tyres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:37-seat-belts-crashes-and-keeping-safe:t5:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only on dry roads with good brand-new tyres
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
10	brand	brand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	tyres	tyre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if the driver presses the pedal really hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:37-seat-belts-crashes-and-keeping-safe:t5:o2:1
# text = Yes, if the driver presses the pedal really hard
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	presses	press	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pedal	pedal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	really	really	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | present | the driver | the pedal |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pedal=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, modern brakes work instantly the moment they are pressed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:37-seat-belts-crashes-and-keeping-safe:t5:o3:1
# text = Yes, modern brakes work instantly the moment they are pressed
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	modern	modern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	brakes	brake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	instantly	instantly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	pressed	press	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | modern brakes |  |  |  | moment | instantly *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **press** | present · passive | the moment *not said here* | brakes *= brake* |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, a car always needs time and distance to stop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:37-seat-belts-crashes-and-keeping-safe:t5:o4:1
# text = No, a car always needs time and distance to stop
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | a car |  |  |  | time | always *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | a car *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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