Test 17 · Bedroom, living room and manners at home

my aunt says her friend's toddler climbed the telly n it fell on him. real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: aunt, toddler, telly · What happens: say, climb, n, fall · To what, where: real lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 of lesson 119 «Bedroom, living room and manners at home» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 aunt	nmod:poss
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 friend	nmod:poss
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 toddler	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 friend	case
7	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 climbed	nsubj
8	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 telly	det
10	telly	telly	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 n	nsubj
11	n	n	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 climbed	ccomp
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fell	nsubj
13	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 n	ccomp
14	on	on	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fell	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 climbed	punct
17	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 lesson	amod
18	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 climbed	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my aunt			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	climb	past	aunt's friend's toddler	real lesson		tree rules
3	n	present	the telly			tree rules
4	fall	past	telly		on toddler	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on he=Location

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

Put a toy on top so he will not climb

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 toy	det
3	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 top	case
5	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 climb	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 climb	nsubj
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 climb	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 climb	advmod
10	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Put	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	a toy		top			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme on top=Destination
2	not climb	future	he						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Fix TVs to the wall or stand so they cannot tip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fix	fix	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	TVs	tv	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Fix	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 wall	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wall	det
5	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fix	obl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 stand	cc
7	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Fix	conj
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 tip	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 tip	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 tip	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 tip	advmod
12	tip	tip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 stand	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fix	imperative	you not said here	TVs	to the wall	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent tv=Patient to wall=Co-Patient
2	stand	present	you not said here			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not tip	can	TVs = tv			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Toddlers only climb TVs that are switched on and showing cartoons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toddlers	toddler	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 climb	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 climb	advmod
3	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	TVs	tv	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 climb	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 switched	nsubj:pass
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 switched	aux:pass
7	switched	switch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 TVs	acl:relcl
8	on	on	ADP	_	7 switched	compound:prt
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 showing	cc
10	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 climb	conj
11	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 showing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	climb	present	Toddlers	TVs	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tv=Theme
2	switch on	present · passive		TVs	vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	show	gerund	Toddlers not said here	cartoons	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cartoon=Recipient

Option 4

Big TVs are too heavy to ever fall over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 TVs	amod
2	TVs	tv	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 heavy	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 heavy	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 heavy	advmod
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	8 fall	mark
7	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 fall	advmod
8	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 heavy	advcl
9	over	over	ADV	_	8 fall	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Big TVs					heavy property	tree rules
2	fall over	to-infinitive	Big TVs not said here				ever	over property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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