Test 13 · Going up and down stairs safely

texting my mate on the way downstairs, its fine innit

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: text · To what, where: mate, way

This is test 13 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	texting	text	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 texting	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 way	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 texting	obl
7	downstairs	downstairs	ADV	_	1 texting	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 texting	punct
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 innit	nmod:poss
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 innit	amod
11	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 texting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	text	gerund		my mate		the way		downstairs property	tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice

Only a problem going up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 problem	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 problem	det
3	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 problem	acl
5	up	up	ADV	_	4 going	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go up	gerund	a problem not said here						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, you can miss a step and fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 miss	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 miss	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 miss	aux
5	miss	miss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 step	det
7	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 miss	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fall	cc
9	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 step	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	can	you	a step and fall					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer step=Stimulus

Option 3

Yes, if you go quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	you					quickly property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, phones help you balance on stairs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 help	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 help	nsubj
4	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 help	obj
6	balance	balance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 help	xcomp
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 stairs	case
8	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 balance	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	phones	you					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	balance	infinitive	you not said here			stairs			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stair=Location

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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