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title: «why's my little bro need a booster seat, he's fine with the belt» W… — How a car is built · tree and pragmatics
description: «why's my little bro need a booster seat, he's fine with the belt» What is the safe answer? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 8 «How a car is built» 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.
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# Test 5 · ★ · How a car is built

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«why's my little bro need a booster seat, he's fine with the belt» What is the safe answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little bro, he · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** safe answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 8 «How a car is built» 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/8-how-a-car-is-built/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t5:1
# text = «why's my little bro need a booster seat, he's fine with the belt» What is the safe answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	parataxis	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	booster	booster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
19	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	23	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my little bro |  |  |  |  | need *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | he |  |  |  |  | with the belt; fine *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** *speech: assert* | present |  | the safe answer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Children need the right seat so the belt fits them safely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t5:o1:1
# text = Children need the right seat so the belt fits them safely
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Children | the right seat |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot seat=Theme |
| 2 | **fit** | present | the belt | Children *= child* |  |  |  | safely *property* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Booster seats are only there to make the ride comfier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t5:o2:1
# text = Booster seats are only there to make the ride comfier
1	Booster	booster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	seats	seat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	comfier	comfy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Booster seats |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | Booster seats *not said here* | the ride |  |  |  | comfy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ride=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Boosters only matter on motorways, not in town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t5:o3:1
# text = Boosters only matter on motorways, not in town
1	Boosters	booster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	matter	matter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	motorways	motorway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present | Boosters |  |  | motorways |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A seat belt fits everyone the same, big or small

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:8-how-a-car-is-built:t5:o4:1
# text = A seat belt fits everyone the same, big or small
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | a seat belt | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme same=Destination |

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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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