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Test 5 · Going up and down stairs safely

Sam is in his socks on shiny wooden stairs. What would make him safer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sam · What happens: be, make · To what, where: socks, Sam

This is test 5 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

Sentence 1: Sam is in his socks on shiny wooden stairs.

nsubjcopcasenmod:posscaseamodamodnmodpunctrootSamPROPNisAUXinADPhisPRONsocksNOUNonADPshinyADJwoodenADJstairsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SamSamPROPNNumber=Sing5 socksnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 sockscop
3ininADP_5 sockscase
4hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 socksnmod:poss
5sockssockNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
6ononADP_9 stairscase
7shinyshinyADJDegree=Pos9 stairsamod
8woodenwoodenADJDegree=Pos9 stairsamod
9stairsstairNOUNNumber=Plur5 socksnmod
10..PUNCT_5 sockspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentSamSam's sockson shiny wooden stairstree 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.

Sentence 2: What would make him safer?

objauxobjxcomppunctrootWhatPRONwouldAUXmakeVERBhimPRONsaferADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 makeobj
2wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 makeaux
3makemakeVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
4himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 makeobj
5safersafeADJDegree=Cmp3 makexcomp
6??PUNCT_3 makepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makewouldSamsafe propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset what=Beneficiary he=Product

The options

Option 1

Running down quickly

advmodadvmodrootRunningVERBdownADVquicklyADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RunningrunVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2downdownADV_1 Runningadvmod
3quicklyquicklyADV_1 Runningadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1run downgerunddown, quickly propertyvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Holding a cup of juice

detobjcasenmodrootHoldingVERBaDETcupNOUNofADPjuiceNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HoldingholdVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 cupdet
3cupcupNOUNNumber=Sing1 Holdingobj
4ofofADP_5 juicecase
5juicejuiceNOUNNumber=Sing3 cupnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1holdgerunda cup of juicevn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Taking the socks off or wearing shoes

detobjcompound:prtccconjobjrootTakingVERBtheDETsocksNOUNoffADPorCCONJwearingVERBshoesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TakingtakeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 socksdet
3sockssockNOUNNumber=Plur1 Takingobj
4offoffADP_1 Takingcompound:prt
5ororCCONJ_6 wearingcc
6wearingwearVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part1 Takingconj
7shoesshoeNOUNNumber=Plur6 wearingobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1take offgerundthe socksvn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sock=Theme
2weargerundshoesvn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme

Option 4

Pulling his socks up high over his ankles

nmod:possobjadvmodadvmodcasenmod:possoblrootPullingVERBhisPRONsocksNOUNupADVhighADVoverADPhisPRONanklesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PullingpullVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 socksnmod:poss
3sockssockNOUNNumber=Plur1 Pullingobj
4upupADV_1 Pullingadvmod
5highhighADVDegree=Pos1 Pullingadvmod
6overoverADP_8 anklescase
7hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 anklesnmod:poss
8anklesankleNOUNNumber=Plur1 Pullingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1pull upgerundhis sockshis ankleshigh propertyvn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sock=Theme

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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