Test 6 · "Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons

Ruby: "I might get hurt on the stairs too. Should I live in the hallway?" What is the better question for Mum to ask?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, better question · What happens: hurt, live, be, ask · To what, where: Ruby, stairs, hallway

This is test 6 of lesson 163 «"Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons» of the world 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: Ruby: "I might get hurt on the stairs too.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 hurt	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 hurt	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 hurt	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 hurt	nsubj
5	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 hurt	aux
6	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 hurt	aux:pass
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 stairs	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stairs	det
10	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hurt	obl
11	too	too	ADV	_	7 hurt	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 hurt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt in a quote	might · passive		Ruby		the stairs			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=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: Should I live in the hallway?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 live	aux
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 live	nsubj
3	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 hallway	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hallway	det
6	hallway	hallway	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 live	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 live	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 live	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	should	I			the hallway			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hallway=Location

Sentence 3: What is the better question for Mum to ask?

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	5 question	det
4	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 question	amod
5	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 Mum	case
7	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 question	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 ask	mark
9	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 question	acl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the better question for Mum						tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive	the better question for Mum not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Why does Ruby even want to go outside to play at all?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	advcl:relcl
3	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
4	even	even	ADV	_	5 want	advmod
5	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 does	advcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 go	mark
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 want	xcomp
8	outside	outside	ADV	_	7 go	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 play	mark
10	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 go	xcomp
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 play	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	want	present			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	go not said to happen	to-infinitive		outside property	vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	play	to-infinitive	all		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

How can Ruby avoid going up and down the stairs forever?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 avoid	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 avoid	aux
3	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 avoid	nsubj
4	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 avoid	xcomp
6	up	up	ADV	_	5 going	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stairs	cc
8	down	down	ADP	_	10 stairs	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stairs	det
10	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 going	conj
11	forever	forever	ADV	_	5 going	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 avoid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	can	Ruby						vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	go up	gerund	Ruby not said here					forever property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3

Who is going to carry Ruby up the stairs every single night?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 going	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 going	aux
3	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 carry	mark
5	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 going	xcomp
6	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 carry	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	9 stairs	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stairs	det
9	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 carry	obl
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 night	det
11	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 night	amod
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carry	obl:unmarked
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present · progressive							vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	carry	to-infinitive		Ruby			night	up the stairs	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ruby=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

What can we do to make playing outside safe enough?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 do	advcl
7	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 make	obj
8	outside	outside	ADV	_	7 playing	advmod
9	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 playing	xcomp
10	enough	enough	ADV	_	9 safe	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	can	we		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	make	to-infinitive	we not said here		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	play	gerund		outside, safe property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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