Test 12 · ★ · Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors

biscuits on the top shelf, gonna stand on the swivel chair

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: biscuits · What happens: stand · To what, where: swivel chair

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 217 «Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors» 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	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stand	nsubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	5 shelf	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shelf	det
4	top	top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shelf	amod
5	shelf	shelf	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 biscuits	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stand	punct
7	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	8 stand	dep
8	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 chair	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 chair	det
11	swivel	swivel	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 chair	compound
12	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	infinitive	biscuits on the top shelf			the swivel chair			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chair=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

Stack two chairs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stack	stack	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 chairs	nummod
3	chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Stack	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stack	imperative	you not said here	two chairs					vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent chair=Theme

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

Use a steady step stool or ask someone tall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stool	det
3	steady	steady	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stool	amod
4	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stool	compound
5	stool	stool	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 ask	cc
7	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Use	conj
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 ask	obj
9	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ask	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	a steady step stool					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stool=Patient
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here		someone			tall property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient

Option 3

Climb up the counter edge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Climb	compound:prt
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 edge	det
4	counter	counter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 edge	compound
5	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Climb	obj

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

Option 4

The swivel chair is fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 chair	det
2	swivel	swivel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chair	compound
3	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	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	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the swivel chair					fine property	tree rules

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