--- title: Why do many families fit corner guards to tables when they have a to… — Windows, balconies and furniture · tree and pragmatics description: Why do many families fit corner guards to tables when they have a toddler? Test 5 · ★★ 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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★ · Windows, balconies and furniture Why do many families fit corner guards to tables when they have a toddler? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** many families, families · **What happens:** do, fit, have · **To what, where:** corner guards, tables, toddler This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:t5:1 # text = Why do many families fit corner guards to tables when they have a toddler? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 fit fit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 tables table NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 toddler toddler NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | many families *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fit** | present | many families | corner guards | | | | to tables *goal* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient to table=Goal | | 3 | **have** | present | families *= family* | a toddler | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toddler=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 {#o1} The tables look nicer with them ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:t5:o1:1 # text = The tables look nicer with them 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tables table NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 nicer nice ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | the tables | | | | | with them *= they*; nice *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Toddlers like to chew the guards ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:t5:o2:1 # text = Toddlers like to chew the guards 1 Toddlers toddler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 chew chew VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | present | Toddlers | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **chew** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Toddlers *not said here* | the guards | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Corner guards make the tables last much longer ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:t5:o3:1 # text = Corner guards make the tables last much longer 1 Corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tables table NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 last last VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 much much ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Corner guards | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 2 | **last** | present | the tables | | | | | long *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Toddlers fall against sharp corners at head height ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:t5:o4:1 # text = Toddlers fall against sharp corners at head height 1 Toddlers toddler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 against against ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 corners corner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | present | Toddlers | | | head height | | against sharp corners | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme against corner=Location | **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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