Test 16 · ★★ · Building and making things safely

did u hear a kid built a den with a big bookcase and it tipped over on him? real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid · What happens: hear, build, tip over · To what, where: den, real lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 built	nsubj
6	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 den	det
8	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 built	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 bookcase	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bookcase	det
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bookcase	amod
12	bookcase	bookcase	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 built	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 tipped	cc
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 tipped	nsubj
15	tipped	tip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 built	conj
16	over	over	ADV	_	15 tipped	advmod
17	on	on	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 tipped	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	21 lesson	punct
20	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 lesson	amod
21	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tipped	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	build	past	a kid	a den	with a big bookcase	vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent den=Theme with bookcase=Source
3	tip over	past	kid	real lesson	on him = he; over property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on he=Destination

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

Use heavy furniture so the den is nice and strong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 furniture	amod
3	furniture	furniture	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 nice	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 den	det
6	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 nice	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 nice	cop
8	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Use	advcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 strong	cc
10	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 nice	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	heavy furniture		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent furniture=Patient
2	is	present	the den		nice property	tree rules
3	be		the den not said here			tree rules

Option 2

Only build dens in the garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 build	advmod
2	build	build	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dens	den	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 build	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 garden	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 garden	det
6	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 build	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	imperative	you not said here	dens		the garden			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset den=Product

Option 3

Bookcases never tip over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bookcases	bookcase	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tip	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 tip	advmod
3	tip	tip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	over	over	ADV	_	3 tip	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not tip over	present	Bookcases					over property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Build dens with light things that won't fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Build	build	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	dens	den	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Build	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 things	case
4	light	light	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 things	amod
5	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Build	obl
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 fall	nsubj
7	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 fall	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 fall	advmod
9	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 things	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	imperative	you not said here	dens				with light things	vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent den=Theme with thing=Source
2	not fall	future	light things						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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