--- title: What would happen to an unbelted passenger if the car stopped sudden… — Car safety: brakes, seat belts and air… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to an unbelted passenger if the car stopped suddenly? Test 3 · ★ 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/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Car safety: brakes, seat belts and airbags What would happen to an unbelted passenger if the car stopped suddenly? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** car · **What happens:** happen, unbelt, stop This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:18-car-safety:t3:1 # text = What would happen to an unbelted passenger if the car stopped suddenly? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 unbelted unbelt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 passenger passenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 12 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to a unbelted passenger | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **unbelt** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stop** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the car | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They would keep going forward and hit the inside of the car ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:18-car-safety:t3:o1:1 # text = They would keep going forward and hit the inside of the car 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 forward forward ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 hit hit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 inside inside NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | would | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | gerund | They *not said here* | | | | | forward *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hit** | infinitive | They *not said here* | the inside of the car | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme inside=Co-Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing, cars stop gently ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:18-car-safety:t3:o2:1 # text = Nothing, cars stop gently 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 gently gently ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | cars | | | | | Nothing *vocative*; gently *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} They would stop at exactly the same moment as the car, safe in the seat ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:18-car-safety:t3:o3:1 # text = They would stop at exactly the same moment as the car, safe in the seat 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | They | | | | moment | as the car | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} They would be pushed back into the seat ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:18-car-safety:t3:o4:1 # text = They would be pushed back into the seat 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 pushed push VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push back** | would · passive | | They | | the seat | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into seat=Destination | **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; 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