Test 16 · Going up and down stairs safely
nan's got the shopping and the stairs light's broken. what do i do
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nan, i · What happens: get, break, do · To what, where: shopping, stairs light
This is test 16 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 | nan | nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 got | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | aux |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 shopping | det |
| 5 | shopping | shopping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 broken | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 light | det |
| 8 | stairs | stair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 light | compound |
| 9 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 broken | aux:pass |
| 11 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 got | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 16 do | obj |
| 14 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 do | aux |
| 15 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 do | nsubj |
| 16 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 got | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · passive | nan | the shopping | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | break | present · passive | the stairs light | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 3 | do | present · do-support | i | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
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
Leave it, she has done it for years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 done | punct |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 done | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 done | aux |
| 6 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 1 Leave | parataxis |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 done | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 years | case |
| 9 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 done | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | do | present · perfect | she | it | year | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 2
Run past her so you are out of the way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | past | past | ADP | _ | 3 her | case |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Run | obl |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 way | advmod |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 way | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 way | cop |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 10 way | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 way | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 way | det |
| 10 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Run | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | past her = she | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past she=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | is | present | you | the way | tree rules |
Option 3
Tell her to hurry before it gets darker
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 hurry | mark |
| 4 | hurry | hurry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tell | xcomp |
| 5 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 7 gets | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 gets | nsubj |
| 7 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hurry | advcl |
| 8 | darker | dark | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 gets | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | hurry not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | get | present | it | dark property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Carry a bag for her and turn on a lamp or torch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bag | det |
| 3 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Carry | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 her | case |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Carry | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 turn | cc |
| 7 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Carry | conj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 lamp | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 lamp | det |
| 10 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 turn | obl |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 torch | cc |
| 12 | torch | torch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lamp | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | imperative | you not said here | a bag | for her = she | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme | |||
| 2 | turn | infinitive | you not said here | a lamp or torch | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on lamp=Trajectory |
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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