Test 18 · Going up and down stairs safely

kid at school says his cousin slid down the banister and flew right out the window, swear down

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, cousin · What happens: say, slide down, fly, swear down · To what, where: banister, window · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 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	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 school	case
3	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 kid	nmod
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 cousin	nmod:poss
6	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slid	nsubj
7	slid	slide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
8	down	down	ADP	_	7 slid	compound:prt
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 banister	det
10	banister	banister	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slid	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 flew	cc
12	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 slid	conj
13	right	right	ADV	_	14 out	advmod
14	out	out	ADV	_	12 flew	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 window	det
16	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 flew	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 swear	punct
18	swear	swear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 says	parataxis
19	down	down	ADP	_	18 swear	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	kid at school			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	slide down	past	kid's cousin	the banister		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banister=Agent
3	fly	past	kid's cousin not said here	the window	out property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location window=Theme
4	swear down	infinitive				vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

It must be true, so banisters are safe if there is no window

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	4 true	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 true	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 safe	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 safe	advmod
7	banisters	banister	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 safe	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 safe	cop
9	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 true	conj
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 is	mark
11	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	12 is	expl
12	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 safe	advcl
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 window	det
14	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 is	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	must	It		true property	tree rules
2	is	present	banisters		safe property	tree rules
3	be a condition, not said to happen	present	no window	there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It means windows near stairs are the only danger

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 danger	nsubj
4	near	near	ADP	_	5 stairs	case
5	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 windows	nmod
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 danger	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 danger	det
8	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 danger	amod
9	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	windows near stairs	the only danger					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is most likely a tall tale; sliding on banisters is still a bad idea

The tree, 15 words

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	7 tale	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tale	cop
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 likely	advmod
4	likely	likely	ADV	_	7 tale	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tale	det
6	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tale	amod
7	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 idea	punct
9	sliding	slide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 idea	csubj
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 banisters	case
11	banisters	banister	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sliding	obl
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 idea	cop
13	still	still	ADV	_	16 idea	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 idea	det
15	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 idea	amod
16	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tale	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a tall tale			likely property	tree rules
2	slide	gerund			banisters			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on banister=Trajectory
3	is a	present	sliding	a bad idea		still		tree rules

Option 4

It proves sliding is fine as long as you hold on

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	sliding	slide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 fine	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fine	cop
5	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 proves	ccomp
6	as	as	ADV	_	7 long	advmod
7	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 fine	advmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 hold	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 hold	nsubj
10	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 long	advcl
11	on	on	ADP	_	10 hold	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	slide	gerund			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present		fine, long property	tree rules
4	hold on	present	you		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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