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title: did u hear, Jack's grandad fell down the stairs over a skateboard, b… — Going up and down stairs safely · tree and pragmatics
description: did u hear, Jack's grandad fell down the stairs over a skateboard, broke his hip, they reckon he's in hospital for a year!! Test 17 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 optio
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# Test 17 · Going up and down stairs safely

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did u hear, Jack's grandad fell down the stairs over a skateboard, broke his hip, they reckon he's in hospital for a year!!

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** u, grandad, stairs · **What happens:** hear, fall down, break, reckon, be · **To what, where:** stairs, skateboard, hip, hospital

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This is test 17 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:1-stairs:t17:1
# text = did u hear, Jack's grandad fell down the stairs over a skateboard, broke his hip, they reckon he's in hospital for a year!!
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	over	over	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	skateboard	skateboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	hip	hip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	reckon	reckon	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	ccomp	_	_
26	for	for	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **fall down** | past | Jack's grandad | the stairs |  | a skateboard |  |  | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient stair=Result |
| 3 | **break** | past | Jack's grandad *not said here* | grandad's hip |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hip=Patient |
| 4 | **reckon** | present | stairs *= stair* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** | present | grandad |  |  | hospital | year |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Everything in it must be exactly true because it was so detailed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:1-stairs:t17:o1:1
# text = Everything in it must be exactly true because it was so detailed
1	Everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	detailed	detailed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must | Everything |  |  |  |  | exactly, true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | detailed *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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It proves only old people ever fall on stairs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:1-stairs:t17:o2:1
# text = It proves only old people ever fall on stairs
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **fall** | present | old people |  |  | stairs | ever |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on stair=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The real lesson is to keep stairs clear; the year in hospital is probably blown up

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:1-stairs:t17:o3:1
# text = The real lesson is to keep stairs clear; the year in hospital is probably blown up
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
15	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
17	up	up	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the real lesson |  |  |  |  | clear, keep *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **blow up** | present · passive | the real lesson *not said here* |  |  |  | year | probably *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The real lesson is to stop using stairs at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:1-stairs:t17:o4:1
# text = The real lesson is to stop using stairs at home
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the real lesson |  |  |  |  | stop *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | gerund | the real lesson *not said here* | stairs |  | home |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stair=Patient |

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