Test 17 · ★ · The library and books

did u hear a kid climbed the library shelf to get a book and the whole shelf came down? real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid, whole shelf · What happens: hear, climb, get, come down · To what, where: library shelf, book, real lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ 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	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 climbed	nsubj
6	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shelf	det
8	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shelf	compound
9	shelf	shelf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 climbed	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 get	mark
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 climbed	advcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 book	det
13	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 came	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 shelf	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 shelf	amod
17	shelf	shelf	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 came	nsubj
18	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 climbed	conj
19	down	down	ADV	_	18 came	advmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	22 lesson	punct
21	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 lesson	amod
22	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 came	obl
23	?	?	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	climb	past	a kid	the library shelf		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location shelf=Theme
3	get	to-infinitive	a kid not said here	a book		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer book=Stimulus
4	come down	past	the whole shelf	real lesson	down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «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 · ✓ 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

Option 2

Shelves are bolted so it can't happen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shelves	shelf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bolted	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 bolted	aux:pass
3	bolted	bolt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	so	so	ADV	_	8 happen	advmod
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 happen	nsubj
6	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 happen	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 happen	advmod
8	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 bolted	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bolt	present · passive		Shelves					tree rules
2	not happen	can	it						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Climb only the low shelves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	5 shelves	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shelves	det
4	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shelves	amod
5	shelves	shelf	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Climb	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	imperative	you not said here	the low shelves					vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Pull the book from below instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 book	det
3	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pull	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 below	case
5	below	below	ADV	_	1 Pull	obl
6	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Pull	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	imperative	you not said here	the book				instead property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent book=Theme from below=Initial_Location

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