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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 socks | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 socks | cop |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 socks | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 socks | nmod:poss |
| 5 | socks | sock | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 stairs | case |
| 7 | shiny | shiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 stairs | amod |
| 8 | wooden | wooden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 stairs | amod |
| 9 | stairs | stair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 socks | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 socks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Sam | Sam's socks | on shiny wooden stairs | 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.
Sentence 2: What would make him safer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 make | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | aux |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 make | obj |
| 5 | safer | safe | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 make | xcomp |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | would | Sam | safe property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset what=Beneficiary he=Product |
The options
Option 1
Running down quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | down | down | ADV | _ | 1 Running | advmod |
| 3 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Running | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run down | gerund | down, quickly property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Holding a cup of juice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cup | det |
| 3 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Holding | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 juice | case |
| 5 | juice | juice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cup | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | gerund | a cup of juice | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 socks | det |
| 3 | socks | sock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Taking | obj |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Taking | compound:prt |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 wearing | cc |
| 6 | wearing | wear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Taking | conj |
| 7 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 wearing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take off | gerund | the socks | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sock=Theme | |||||
| 2 | wear | gerund | shoes | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme |
Option 4
Pulling his socks up high over his ankles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pulling | pull | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 socks | nmod:poss |
| 3 | socks | sock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Pulling | obj |
| 4 | up | up | ADV | _ | 1 Pulling | advmod |
| 5 | high | high | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Pulling | advmod |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 ankles | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 ankles | nmod:poss |
| 8 | ankles | ankle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Pulling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull up | gerund | his socks | his ankles | high property | vn 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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