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description: A baby's cot is under a window with a long blind cord. What is the safest change? Test 3 · ★★ 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.
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Windows, balconies and furniture

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A baby's cot is under a window with a long blind cord. What is the safest change?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cot, safest change · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** window

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 110 «Windows, balconies and furniture» 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/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A baby's cot is under a window with a long blind cord.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:t3:1
# text = A baby's cot is under a window with a long blind cord.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	cot	cot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a baby's cot |  |  | a window |  | with a long blind cord | 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 is the safest change?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:t3:2
# text = What is the safest change?
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	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the safest change |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Move the cot and tie the cord up high

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:t3:o1:1
# text = Move the cot and tie the cord up high
1	Move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cot	cot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	tie	tie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
9	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cot |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cot=Theme |
| 2 | **tie up** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the cord |  |  |  | high *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cord=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hang more toys from the cord

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:t3:o2:1
# text = Hang more toys from the cord
1	Hang	hang	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | imperative | you *not said here* | more toys |  | the cord |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Open the window to let the cord swing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:t3:o3:1
# text = Open the window to let the cord swing
1	Open	open	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	swing	swing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | the window |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location window=Theme |
| 2 | **let** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the cord swing |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swing=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Give the baby the cord to play with

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:t3:o4:1
# text = Give the baby the cord to play with
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | the baby |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent baby=Recipient cord=Theme |
| 2 | **play** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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