Test 12 · ★★ · Windows, balconies and furniture

whats the big deal climbing the bookcase

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: big deal · What happens: climb · To what, where: bookcase

This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 110 «Windows, balconies and furniture» 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	whats	what	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 deal	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 deal	amod
4	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 whats	appos
5	climbing	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 deal	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bookcase	det
7	bookcase	bookcase	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 climbing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	gerund	the big deal not said here	the bookcase					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location bookcase=Theme

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

Bookcases are fixed so it's fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bookcases	bookcase	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fixed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fixed	aux:pass
3	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	so	so	ADV	_	7 fine	advmod
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fine	expl
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fine	cop
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fixed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	present · passive		Bookcases					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient
2	is	present						fine property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It can tip over and crush you

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	3 tip	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 tip	aux
3	tip	tip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	over	over	ADV	_	3 tip	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 crush	cc
6	crush	crush	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 tip	conj
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 crush	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tip over	can	It					over property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	crush	infinitive		you					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient

Option 3

It only matters if you're heavy

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	3 matters	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 matters	advmod
3	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 heavy	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 heavy	nsubj
6	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 heavy	cop
7	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 matters	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	matter	present	It						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	you					heavy property	tree rules

Option 4

Books might get a bit dusty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bit	det
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obj
6	dusty	dusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	might	Books	a bit				dusty property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bit=Stimulus

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