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title: Sam is in his socks on shiny wooden stairs. What would make him safer? — Going up and down stairs safely · tree and pragmatics
description: Sam is in his socks on shiny wooden stairs. What would make him safer? Test 5 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.
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# Test 5 · Going up and down stairs safely

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Sam is in his socks on shiny wooden stairs. What would make him safer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sam · **What happens:** be, make · **To what, where:** socks, Sam

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sam is in his socks on shiny wooden stairs.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:1-stairs:t5:1
# text = Sam is in his socks on shiny wooden stairs.
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Sam |  |  | Sam's socks |  | on shiny wooden stairs | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What would make him safer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:1-stairs:t5:2
# text = What would make him safer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	safer	safe	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | would |  | Sam |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset what=Beneficiary he=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Running down quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:1-stairs:t5:o1:1
# text = Running down quickly
1	Running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run down** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | down, quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Holding a cup of juice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:1-stairs:t5:o2:1
# text = Holding a cup of juice
1	Holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund |  | a cup of juice |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Taking the socks off or wearing shoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:1-stairs:t5:o3:1
# text = Taking the socks off or wearing shoes
1	Taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take off** | gerund |  | the socks |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sock=Theme |
| 2 | **wear** | gerund |  | shoes |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Pulling his socks up high over his ankles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:1-stairs:t5:o4:1
# text = Pulling his socks up high over his ankles
1	Pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	ankles	ankle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull up** | gerund |  | his socks |  | his ankles |  | high *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sock=Theme |

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**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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