--- title: What would ABS do if the driver slammed the brakes on ice? — Car safety: brakes, seat belts and air… · tree and pragmatics description: What would ABS do if the driver slammed the brakes on ice? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 18 «Car safety: brakes, seat belts and airbags» of the technology 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/technology/18-car-safety/t11/) [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/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [Car safety: brakes, seat belts and air…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/18-car-safety/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Car safety: brakes, seat belts and airbags What would ABS do if the driver slammed the brakes on ice? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ABS, driver · **What happens:** do, slam · **To what, where:** brakes, ice This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 18 «Car safety: brakes, seat belts and airbags» of the technology 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/technology/18-car-safety/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:18-car-safety:t11:1 # text = What would ABS do if the driver slammed the brakes on ice? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 ABS ab NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 slammed slam VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 brakes brake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | would | ABS | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **slam** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the driver | the brakes | | ice | | | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent brake=Patient on ice=Location | 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} Spin the car round on purpose ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:18-car-safety:t11:o1:1 # text = Spin the car round on purpose 1 Spin spin VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 round round ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spin** | imperative | you *not said here* | the car | | purpose | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent car=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Stop the wheels locking so the driver can still steer ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:18-car-safety:t11:o2:1 # text = Stop the wheels locking so the driver can still steer 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wheels wheel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 locking lock VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 csubj _ _ 5 so so SCONJ IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 still still ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 steer steer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | the wheels | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality wheel=Eventuality | | 2 | **lock** | gerund | | | | | | so the driver | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **steer** | can | locking | | | | still | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Make the car go faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:18-car-safety:t11:o3:1 # text = Make the car go faster 1 Make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | the car | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | the car *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Turn off the brakes completely so the tyres can slide along the ice ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:18-car-safety:t11:o4:1 # text = Turn off the brakes completely so the tyres can slide along the ice 1 Turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 brakes brake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 5 completely completely ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 6 so so SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tyres tyre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 slide slide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 11 along along ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn off** | imperative | you *not said here* | the brakes | | | | completely *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent brake=Patient | | 2 | **slide** | can | the tyres | | | the ice | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along ice=Trajectory | **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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