Test 11 · ★★ · Building and making things safely

making a den, can i use the big bookcase as a wall

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: i · What happens: make, use · To what, where: den, big bookcase

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 244 «Building and making things 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 use	advcl
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 den	det
3	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 making	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 making	punct
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 use	aux
6	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 use	nsubj
7	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bookcase	det
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bookcase	amod
10	bookcase	bookcase	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 use	obj
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 wall	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 wall	det
13	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund	i not said here	a den					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset den=Product
2	use	can	i	the big bookcase				as a wall	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent bookcase=Duration as wall=Attribute

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

Yes, heavy things make the strongest walls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 make	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 make	punct
3	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 things	amod
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 make	nsubj
5	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 walls	det
7	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 walls	amod
8	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	heavy things	the strongest walls					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wall=Product

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

No, use light things that won't tip over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 use	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	light	light	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 things	amod
5	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 tip	nsubj
7	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 tip	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 tip	advmod
9	tip	tip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 things	acl:relcl
10	over	over	ADV	_	9 tip	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	light things					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient
2	not tip over	future	light things					over property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, if you push it hard against the sofa

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 push	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 push	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 push	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 push	nsubj
5	push	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 push	obj
7	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 push	advmod
8	against	against	ADP	_	10 sofa	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sofa	det
10	sofa	sofa	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 push	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	present	you	it		the sofa		hard property	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme against sofa=Trajectory

Option 4

Only if you climb on top to hold it still

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 climb	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 climb	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 climb	nsubj
4	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 top	case
6	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 climb	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 hold	mark
8	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 climb	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hold	obj
10	still	still	ADV	_	8 hold	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	present	you			top			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on top=Trajectory
2	hold	to-infinitive	you not said here	top			still		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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