--- title: The light on the stairs is broken at night. What is the safest choice? — Going up and down stairs safely · tree and pragmatics description: The light on the stairs is broken at night. What is the safest choice? Test 6 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/1-stairs/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · Going up and down stairs safely The light on the stairs is broken at night. What is the safest choice? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** safest choice · **What happens:** break, be · **To what, where:** light This is test 6 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The light on the stairs is broken at night. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:1-stairs:t6:1 # text = The light on the stairs is broken at night. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | present · passive | | the light on the stairs | | | night | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «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:* What is the safest choice? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:1-stairs:t6:2 # text = What is the safest choice? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 safest safe ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the safest choice | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Go down quickly in the dark ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:1-stairs:t6:o1:1 # text = Go down quickly in the dark 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 down down ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dark dark NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go down** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | in the dark; down, quickly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in dark=Attribute | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Turn on another light and hold the rail ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:1-stairs:t6:o2:1 # text = Turn on another light and hold the rail 1 Turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 rail rail NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn on** | imperative | you *not said here* | another light | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent light=Patient | | 2 | **hold** | present | you *not said here* | the rail | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rail=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Carry a big box in front of you to feel the way ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:1-stairs:t6:o3:1 # text = Carry a big box in front of you to feel the way 1 Carry carry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | imperative | you *not said here* | a big box | | front of you | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent box=Value in front=Location | | 2 | **feel** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the way | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Jump the steps you cannot see ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:1-stairs:t6:o4:1 # text = Jump the steps you cannot see 1 Jump jump VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump** | imperative | you *not said here* | the steps | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme step=Trajectory | | 2 | **not** **see** | can | you | the steps *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer step=Stimulus | **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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