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title: A baby seat facing backwards is put in the front seat with the airba… — Car safety: brakes, seat belts and air… · tree and pragmatics
description: A baby seat facing backwards is put in the front seat with the airbag on. Is it safe? Test 4 · ★ 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 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Car safety: brakes, seat belts and airbags

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A baby seat facing backwards is put in the front seat with the airbag on. Is it safe?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** baby seat, seat · **What happens:** face, put on, be · **To what, where:** baby seat, front seat

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A baby seat facing backwards is put in the front seat with the airbag on.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:18-car-safety:t4:1
# text = A baby seat facing backwards is put in the front seat with the airbag on.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	facing	face	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	backwards	backwards	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	airbag	airbag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **face** | gerund | a baby seat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | backwards *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **put on** | present · passive |  | a baby seat |  | the front seat |  | with the airbag | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in seat=Destination |

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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:* Is it safe?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:18-car-safety:t4:2
# text = Is it safe?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | seat |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, the airbag will protect the baby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:18-car-safety:t4:o1:1
# text = Yes, the airbag will protect the baby
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	airbag	airbag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | future | the airbag | the baby |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, the front seat is the safest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:18-car-safety:t4:o2:1
# text = Yes, the front seat is the safest
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the front seat |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

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

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No, a rear-facing baby seat never goes in front of an active airbag

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:18-car-safety:t4:o3:1
# text = No, a rear-facing baby seat never goes in front of an active airbag
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	rear	rear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	facing	face	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
7	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	active	active	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	airbag	airbag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **face** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **go** | present | a facing baby seat |  |  | front of a active airbag |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in front=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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No, babies must face forwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:18-car-safety:t4:o4:1
# text = No, babies must face forwards
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	face	face	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	forwards	forwards	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **face** | must | babies |  |  |  |  | forwards *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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