--- title: Why do bicycle helmets matter so much? — The brain, nerves and the five senses · tree and pragmatics description: Why do bicycle helmets matter so much? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 34 «The brain, nerves and the five senses» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/34-brain-nerves-senses/t7/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [The brain, nerves and the five senses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/34-brain-nerves-senses/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · The brain, nerves and the five senses Why do bicycle helmets matter so much? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bicycle helmets · **What happens:** matter This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 34 «The brain, nerves and the five senses» of the world 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/world/34-brain-nerves-senses/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t7:1 # text = Why do bicycle helmets matter so much? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 bicycle bicycle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 helmets helmet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 matter matter VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **matter** | present · do-support | bicycle helmets | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | 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} They keep the ears and the hair warm in the wind on cold winter rides ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t7:o1:1 # text = They keep the ears and the hair warm in the wind on cold winter rides 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 rides ride NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | They | the ears and the hair | | the wind | | on cold winter rides; warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ear=Theme in wind=Location | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They help protect the brain, which controls the whole body ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t7:o2:1 # text = They help protect the brain, which controls the whole body 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 protect protect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 controls control VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | They | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **protect** | infinitive | They *not said here* | the brain | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=Beneficiary | | 3 | **control** | present | the brain | the whole body | | | | | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They improve your sense of smell ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t7:o3:1 # text = They improve your sense of smell 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 improve improve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 smell smell NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **improve** | present | They | your sense of smell | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sense=Patient | | 2 | **sense** | | your | smell | | | | | nom sense «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} They make you ride faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t7:o4:1 # text = They make you ride faster 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 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** | present | They | you | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ride** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | **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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