--- title: Identify the principal reason for which tall furniture is fixed to t… — Windows, balconies and furniture · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which tall furniture is fixed to the wall. Exam question 1 of lesson 110 «Windows, balconies and furniture» 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/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/e1/) [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/) / [Windows, balconies and furniture](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Windows, balconies and furniture Identify the principal reason for which tall furniture is fixed to the wall. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, fix · **To what, where:** principal reason, tall furniture This is exam question 1 of lesson 110 «Windows, balconies and furniture» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which tall furniture is fixed to the wall. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 7 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 furniture furniture NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **fix** | present · passive | | tall furniture | | | | for the principal reason; to the wall | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to wall=Co-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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It may otherwise tip over and crush a child ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:e1:o1:1 # text = It may otherwise tip over and crush a child 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 tip tip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 over over ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 crush crush VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tip over** | may | It | | | | | otherwise, over *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **crush** | infinitive | | a child | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It may otherwise be scratched by the floor ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:e1:o2:1 # text = It may otherwise be scratched by the floor 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 scratched scratch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scratch** | may · passive | the floor | It | | | | otherwise *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is required solely for decoration ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:e1:o3:1 # text = It is required solely for decoration 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 solely solely ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 decoration decoration NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **require** | present · passive | | It | | | | for decoration; solely *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is otherwise liable to be stolen by intruders ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:e1:o4:1 # text = It is otherwise liable to be stolen by intruders 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 liable liable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 intruders intruder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | liable, otherwise *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **steal** | to-infinitive · passive | intruders | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «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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