Test 14 · ★ · The library and books
book's on the top shelf, gonna climb up
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: climb up
This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 259 «The library and books» 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 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shelf | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 book | case |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 shelf | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 shelf | det |
| 5 | top | top | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 shelf | amod |
| 6 | shelf | shelf | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 climb | punct |
| 8 | gonna | gonna | X | Foreign=Yes | 9 climb | dep |
| 9 | climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 shelf | parataxis |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 climb | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb up | infinitive | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
Climb the side, it's sturdier
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 side | det |
| 3 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Climb | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sturdier | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sturdier | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 sturdier | cop |
| 7 | sturdier | sturdy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Climb | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | imperative | you not said here | the side | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location side=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | side | sturdy property | tree rules |
Option 2
Stand on a pile of books
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 pile | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 pile | det |
| 4 | pile | pile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stand | obl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 books | case |
| 6 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 pile | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | imperative | you not said here | a pile of books | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on pile=Location |
Option 3
Climb, shelves are bolted on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climb | climb | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 shelves | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Climb | punct |
| 3 | shelves | shelf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 bolted | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 bolted | aux:pass |
| 5 | bolted | bolt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 bolted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | infinitive | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | bolt | present · passive | Climb shelves | vn gobble-39.3-1 «NP V NP up»: subject=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Use the step stool or ask the librarian
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 stool | det |
| 3 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stool | compound |
| 4 | stool | stool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Use | obj |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 ask | cc |
| 6 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Use | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 librarian | det |
| 8 | librarian | librarian | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ask | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | the step stool | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stool=Patient | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | you not said here | the librarian | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent librarian=Recipient |
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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