Test 14 · ★★★ · Thinking it through: the science behind home safety

lil bro keeps climbing the bookcase, it wobbles

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: lil bro, bro · What happens: keep, climb, wobble · To what, where: bookcase

This is test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Thinking it through: the science behind home safety» 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	lil	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bro	amod
2	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeps	nsubj
3	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	climbing	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 keeps	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bookcase	det
6	bookcase	bookcase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 climbing	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 wobbles	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wobbles	nsubj
9	wobbles	wobble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 keeps	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	present	lil bro		tree rules
2	climb	gerund	lil bro not said here	the bookcase	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location bookcase=Theme
3	wobble	present	bro		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «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

It is fine, he is light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 light	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 light	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 light	cop
7	light	light	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fine	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	is	present	he					light property	tree rules

Option 2

Put heavy books on top so it stops wobbling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 books	amod
3	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Put	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 top	case
5	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 stops	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stops	nsubj
8	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Put	advcl
9	wobbling	wobble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 stops	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	heavy books	top	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme on top=Destination
2	stop	present	top			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	wobble	gerund	top not said here			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tell an adult so it can be fixed to the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 fixed	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 fixed	nsubj:pass
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 fixed	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 fixed	aux:pass
8	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Tell	advcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 wall	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wall	det
11	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fixed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a adult				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	fix	can · passive		adult				to the wall	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to wall=Co-Patient

Option 4

Let him, he will learn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 learn	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 learn	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 learn	aux
6	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	learn	future	he						vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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