Test 5 · ★★★ · Bridges and skyscrapers

A friend wants to climb the scaffolding on the empty house next door for a view. What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend · What happens: want, climb, be · To what, where: scaffolding, empty house next door

This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Bridges and skyscrapers» of the technology 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: A friend wants to climb the scaffolding on the empty house next door for a view.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wants	nsubj
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 climb	mark
5	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wants	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 scaffolding	det
7	scaffolding	scaffolding	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 climb	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	13 door	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 door	det
10	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 door	amod
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 door	compound
12	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 door	amod
13	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 climb	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 view	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 view	det
16	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 door	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	a friend						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	climb not said to happen	to-infinitive	a friend not said here	the scaffolding		the empty house next door for a view			vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location scaffolding=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.

Sentence 2: What is right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Fine, if nobody is working on it that day and the ladder is left out

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 working	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 working	mark
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 working	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 working	aux
6	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 left	csubj:pass
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 working	obl
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 working	obl:unmarked
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 ladder	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ladder	det
13	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 day	conj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 left	aux:pass
15	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Fine	conj
16	out	out	ADP	_	15 left	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work a condition, not said to happen	present · progressive	nobody				day	on it	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on it=Theme
2	leave out	present · passive	working						vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»

Option 2

Fine, if you only go one floor up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 go	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 go	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 go	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 go	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 go	advmod
6	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 floor	nummod
8	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	obj
9	up	up	ADV	_	6 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go up	present	Fine	one floor					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient floor=Extent

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

Never climb scaffolding; it is for trained workers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 climb	advmod
2	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	scaffolding	scaffolding	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climb	obj
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 workers	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 workers	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 workers	cop
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 workers	case
8	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 workers	amod
9	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 climb	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not climb	imperative	you not said here	scaffolding		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location scaffolding=Theme
2	train	participle				vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	scaffolding		for trained workers	tree rules

Option 4

Fine, if it isn't wobbly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wobbly	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 wobbly	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wobbly	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 wobbly	cop
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 wobbly	advmod
7	wobbly	wobbly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Fine	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	it					wobbly property	tree rules

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