Test 10 · Going up and down stairs safely

carrying the laundry basket down, cant see the steps lol, just go for it?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: carry, see, go · To what, where: laundry basket, steps · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 of lesson 1 «Going up and down stairs safely» of the everyday 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 see	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 basket	det
3	laundry	laundry	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 basket	compound
4	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 carrying	obj
5	down	down	ADV	_	1 carrying	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 carrying	punct
7	cant	cant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 see	compound
8	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 steps	det
10	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 see	obj
11	lol	lol	INTJ	_	8 see	discourse
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 go	punct
13	just	just	ADV	_	14 go	advmod
14	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 see	conj
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 go	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund		the laundry basket	down property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basket=Theme
2	see	imperative	you not said here	the steps		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer step=Stimulus
3	go	infinitive	you not said here		for basket	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for it=Beneficiary

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

Option 1

Yes, just go a bit faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 go	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 go	advmod
4	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl:unmarked
7	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here	a bit				fast property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, if you shut your eyes and count every step

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 shut	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 shut	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 shut	nsubj
5	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 eyes	nmod:poss
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 shut	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 count	cc
9	count	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shut	conj
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 step	det
11	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shut	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shut	present	you	your eyes				every step obl:unmarked	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
2	count	present	you not said here						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Yes, if you lean way back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 lean	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lean	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 lean	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 lean	nsubj
5	lean	lean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lean	obj
7	back	back	ADV	_	5 lean	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lean back	present	you	way					vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, take half now so you can see the steps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 take	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	half	half	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	3 take	advmod
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 take	advmod
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 see	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 see	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 see	aux
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 take	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 steps	det
11	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here				now	half property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	see	can	you	the steps					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer step=Stimulus

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