Test 3 · ★★ · Building and making things safely
Your den is held up by a tall bookcase you tugged over. What is the danger?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, danger · What happens: hold up, tug over, be · To what, where: den, tall bookcase
This is test 3 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: Your den is held up by a tall bookcase you tugged over.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 den | nmod:poss |
| 2 | den | den | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 held | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 held | aux:pass |
| 4 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 held | compound:prt |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 bookcase | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bookcase | det |
| 8 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bookcase | amod |
| 9 | bookcase | bookcase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 held | obl |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 tugged | nsubj |
| 11 | tugged | tug | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 bookcase | acl:relcl |
| 12 | over | over | ADV | _ | 11 tugged | advmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 held | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold up | present · passive | Your den | by a tall bookcase | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | tug over | past | you | a tall bookcase not said here | over property | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bookcase=Patient |
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.
Sentence 2: What is the danger?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 danger | det |
| 4 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the danger | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Blankets are much too heavy for bookcases to hold up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blankets | blanket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 heavy | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 heavy | cop |
| 3 | much | much | ADV | _ | 5 heavy | advmod |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 heavy | advmod |
| 5 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 bookcases | case |
| 7 | bookcases | bookcase | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 heavy | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 hold | mark |
| 9 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 heavy | advcl |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 hold | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Blankets | for bookcases; heavy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hold up | to-infinitive | Blankets not said here | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
Option 2
The books might get creased and bent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 books | det |
| 2 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 creased | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 creased | aux |
| 4 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 creased | aux:pass |
| 5 | creased | crease | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 bent | cc |
| 7 | bent | bend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 creased | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crease | might · passive | the books | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | bend | participle | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
The bookcase will get dusty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bookcase | det |
| 2 | bookcase | bookcase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | dusty | dusty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | future | the bookcase | dusty property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Heavy furniture can tip over and hurt someone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 furniture | amod |
| 2 | furniture | furniture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tip | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 tip | aux |
| 4 | tip | tip | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | over | over | ADV | _ | 4 tip | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 hurt | cc |
| 7 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 tip | conj |
| 8 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 hurt | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tip over | can | Heavy furniture | over property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | hurt | infinitive | Heavy furniture not said here | someone | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Patient |
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