What is the purpose of the C$++$ language feature known as a constructor initializer?

To construct an object's subobjects before the rest of the object is constructed

To pass arguments from a derived class constructor to a base class constructor, and to construct an object's subobjects before the rest of the object is constructed

To pass arguments from a base class constructor to a derived class constructor, and to construct an object's subobjects before the rest of the object is constructed

To pass arguments from a derived class constructor to a base class constructor

To pass arguments from a base class constructor to a derived class constructor