Test 17 · Going up and down stairs safely

did u hear, Jack's grandad fell down the stairs over a skateboard, broke his hip, they reckon he's in hospital for a year!!

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, grandad, stairs · What happens: hear, fall down, break, reckon, be · To what, where: stairs, skateboard, hip, hospital

This is test 17 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 fell	punct
5	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 grandad	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Jack	case
7	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fell	nsubj
8	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
9	down	down	ADP	_	11 stairs	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stairs	det
11	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 fell	obl
12	over	over	ADP	_	14 skateboard	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 skateboard	det
14	skateboard	skateboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fell	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 broke	punct
16	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 fell	conj
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 hip	nmod:poss
18	hip	hip	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 broke	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 reckon	punct
20	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 reckon	nsubj
21	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	conj
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 hospital	nsubj
23	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 hospital	cop
24	in	in	ADP	_	25 hospital	case
25	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 reckon	ccomp
26	for	for	ADP	_	28 year	case
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 year	det
28	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 hospital	nmod
29	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	fall down	past	Jack's grandad	the stairs	a skateboard		vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient stair=Result
3	break	past	Jack's grandad not said here	grandad's hip			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hip=Patient
4	reckon	present	stairs = stair				vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
5	is	present	grandad		hospital	year	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

Everything in it must be exactly true because it was so detailed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 true	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 it	case
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Everything	nmod
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 true	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 true	cop
6	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	7 true	advmod
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 detailed	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 detailed	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 detailed	cop
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 detailed	advmod
12	detailed	detailed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 true	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	Everything					exactly, true property	tree rules
2	is	past	it					detailed property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It proves only old people ever fall on stairs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 old	advmod
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 people	amod
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fall	nsubj
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 fall	advmod
7	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 proves	ccomp
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 stairs	case
9	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	fall	present	old people			stairs	ever		vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on stair=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The real lesson is to keep stairs clear; the year in hospital is probably blown up

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lesson	det
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lesson	amod
3	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 keep	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 keep	mark
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 keep	obj
8	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 keep	xcomp
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 blown	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 year	det
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 blown	obl:unmarked
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 hospital	case
13	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 year	nmod
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 blown	aux:pass
15	probably	probably	ADV	_	16 blown	advmod
16	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 keep	conj
17	up	up	ADP	_	16 blown	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the real lesson					clear, keep property	tree rules
2	blow up	present · passive	the real lesson not said here				year	probably property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»

Option 4

The real lesson is to stop using stairs at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lesson	det
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lesson	amod
3	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stop	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stop	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 stop	mark
6	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 stop	xcomp
8	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 using	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 home	case
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 using	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the real lesson					stop property	tree rules
2	use	gerund	the real lesson not said here	stairs		home			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stair=Patient

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