--- title: why's mum so mad about my lego on the stairs lol — Going up and down stairs safely · tree and pragmatics description: why's mum so mad about my lego on the stairs lol Test 15 of lesson 1 «Going up and down stairs safely» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/1-stairs/t15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Going up and down stairs safely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/1-stairs/) / t15 # Test 15 · Going up and down stairs safely why's mum so mad about my lego on the stairs lol **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** be This is test 15 of lesson 1 «Going up and down stairs safely» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/1-stairs/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:1-stairs:t15:1 # text = why's mum so mad about my lego on the stairs lol 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Rel 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 lego lego NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 lol lol INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | mum | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Someone can step on it, fall and get badly hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:1-stairs:t15:o1:1 # text = Someone can step on it, fall and get badly hurt 1 Someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 step step VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 11 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **step** | can | Someone | | | it | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Trajectory | | 2 | **fall** | infinitive | Someone *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **get** | infinitive | Someone *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **hurt** | participle | Someone *not said here* | | | | | badly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} It makes the stairs harder to clean ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:1-stairs:t15:o2:1 # text = It makes the stairs harder to clean 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 harder hard ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 clean clean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | the stairs | | | | hard *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material stair=Product | | 2 | **clean** | to-infinitive | the stairs *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Stairs get scratched by the hard plastic bricks for good ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:1-stairs:t15:o3:1 # text = Stairs get scratched by the hard plastic bricks for good 1 Stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 get get AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 scratched scratch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 plastic plastic NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 bricks brick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scratch** | present · passive | the hard plastic bricks | Stairs | | | | for good | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Lego gets lost when it is on the stairs ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:1-stairs:t15:o4:1 # text = Lego gets lost when it is on the stairs 1 Lego Lego PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 gets get AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | present · passive | | Lego | | the stairs | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **be** | present | it | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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