Test 15 · ★ · Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles

Why should chairs never be pushed near an open window or a balcony rail?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: not push · To what, where: chairs, open window

This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 218 «Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 pushed	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 pushed	aux
3	chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pushed	nsubj:pass
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 pushed	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 pushed	aux:pass
6	pushed	push	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	near	near	ADP	_	10 window	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 window	det
9	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 window	amod
10	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pushed	obl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 rail	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 rail	det
13	balcony	balcony	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rail	compound
14	rail	rail	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 window	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 pushed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not push	should · passive		chairs		a open window or a balcony rail			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme near window=Trajectory

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 · ← Mova's choice

Chairs wear out the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wear	nsubj
2	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 wear	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 floor	det
5	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear out	present	Chairs	the floor					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent floor=Source

Option 2

It blocks the view

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	2 blocks	nsubj
2	blocks	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 view	det
4	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blocks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	present	It	the view					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer view=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Small children climb them and can fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 children	amod
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 climb	nsubj
3	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 climb	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fall	cc
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 fall	aux
7	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 climb	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	present	Small children	them = they					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location they=Theme
2	fall	can	Small children not said here						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The chairs get wet when it rains through the window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chairs	det
2	chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	nsubj
3	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 get	xcomp
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 rains	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rains	nsubj
7	rains	rain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 get	advcl
8	through	through	ADP	_	10 window	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 window	det
10	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the chairs					wet property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	rain	present	it			the window			vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

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