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title: Why are the strong bones of the hips and shoulder the best place for… — Seat belts, crashes and keeping safe · tree and pragmatics
description: Why are the strong bones of the hips and shoulder the best place for a belt to press? Test 7 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Seat belts, crashes and keeping safe

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Why are the strong bones of the hips and shoulder the best place for a belt to press?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, press · **To what, where:** strong bones

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:37-seat-belts-crashes-and-keeping-safe:t7:1
# text = Why are the strong bones of the hips and shoulder the best place for a belt to press?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hips	hip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
13	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	press	press	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the strong bones |  |  |  | of the hips  the best place for a belt and shoulder | tree rules |
| 2 | **press** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They are the lightest parts of the body, so they move less

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:37-seat-belts-crashes-and-keeping-safe:t7:o1:1
# text = They are the lightest parts of the body, so they move less
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	lightest	light	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
13	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | the lightest parts |  |  |  | of the body | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | present | parts *= part* | the lightest parts *not said here* |  |  |  | less *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent part=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are the softest and most cushioned parts of the body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:37-seat-belts-crashes-and-keeping-safe:t7:o2:1
# text = They are the softest and most cushioned parts of the body
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	softest	soft	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	cushioned	cushion	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | soft *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cushion** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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They can take the force without serious harm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:37-seat-belts-crashes-and-keeping-safe:t7:o3:1
# text = They can take the force without serious harm
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | can | They | the force |  |  |  | without serious harm | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent force=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are the parts that sit closest to the car floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:37-seat-belts-crashes-and-keeping-safe:t7:o4:1
# text = They are the parts that sit closest to the car floor
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	closest	close	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	parataxis	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | the parts |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sit** | present | the parts |  |  |  |  | to the car floor | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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