Test 14 · Going up and down stairs safely
bro just slid down the stairs on a sleeping bag, he's crying and his arm looks weird
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro, arm · What happens: slide down, cry, look · To what, where: stairs, sleeping bag
This is test 14 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 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 slid | nsubj |
| 2 | just | just | ADV | _ | 3 slid | advmod |
| 3 | slid | slide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | down | down | ADP | _ | 3 slid | compound:prt |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 stairs | det |
| 6 | stairs | stair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 slid | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 bag | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 bag | det |
| 9 | sleeping | sleeping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bag | compound |
| 10 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 slid | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 crying | punct |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 crying | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 crying | aux |
| 14 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 slid | advcl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 looks | cc |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 arm | nmod:poss |
| 17 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 looks | nsubj |
| 18 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 slid | conj |
| 19 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 looks | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slide down | past | bro | the stairs | a sleeping bag | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent stair=Theme on bag=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | cry speech: express | present · progressive | bro | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | look | present | bro's arm | weird property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: 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
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Pull his arm straight to fix it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 arm | nmod:poss |
| 3 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pull | obj |
| 4 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 1 Pull | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 fix | mark |
| 6 | fix | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Pull | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 fix | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | imperative | you not said here | his arm | straight property | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | |||
| 2 | fix | to-infinitive | you not said here | arm | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 2
Give him a drink and send him to bed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 drink | det |
| 4 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 send | cc |
| 6 | send | send | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Give | conj |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 send | obj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 bed | case |
| 9 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 send | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | a drink | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient drink=Theme | |||
| 2 | send | infinitive | you not said here | him = he | bed | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to bed=Destination |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Keep him still and get an adult straight away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 1 Keep | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 get | cc |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | conj |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 adult | det |
| 7 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obj |
| 8 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 9 away | advmod |
| 9 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | him = he | still | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 2 | get | infinitive | you not said here | a adult | away property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus |
Option 4
Tell him to shake it off and keep playing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 shake | mark |
| 4 | shake | shake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tell | xcomp |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 shake | obj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 shake | compound:prt |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 keep | cc |
| 8 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 shake | conj |
| 9 | playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | shake off not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 3 | keep | infinitive | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | play | gerund | you not said here | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP 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. Elamur Cosmic License.
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