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title: A grandad's recliner chair closes with a snap. What should a child k… — Windows, balconies and furniture · tree and pragmatics
description: A grandad's recliner chair closes with a snap. What should a child keep clear? Test 8 · ★★ 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 8 · ★★ · Windows, balconies and furniture

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A grandad's recliner chair closes with a snap. What should a child keep clear?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** recliner chair, child · **What happens:** close, keep

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A grandad's recliner chair closes with a snap.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:t8:1
# text = A grandad's recliner chair closes with a snap.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	recliner	recliner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	closes	close	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	snap	snap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | present | a grandad's recliner chair |  |  |  |  | with a snap | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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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 should a child keep clear?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:t8:2
# text = What should a child keep clear?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | should | a child |  |  |  |  | clear *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Feet, away from the cushions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:t8:o1:1
# text = Feet, away from the cushions
1	Feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cushions	cushion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Fingers, away from the folding parts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:t8:o2:1
# text = Fingers, away from the folding parts
1	Fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	folding	folding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Elbows, away from the armrests on each side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:t8:o3:1
# text = Elbows, away from the armrests on each side
1	Elbows	elbow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	armrests	armrest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hair, away from the back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:t8:o4:1
# text = Hair, away from the back
1	Hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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