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title: nightlight's stuck right up against the curtain — Bedroom, living room and manners at home · tree and pragmatics
description: nightlight's stuck right up against the curtain Test 12 of lesson 119 «Bedroom, living room and manners at home» 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 12 · Bedroom, living room and manners at home

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nightlight's stuck right up against the curtain

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** stick · **To what, where:** nightlight, curtain

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This is test 12 of lesson 119 «Bedroom, living room and manners at home» 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/119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t12:1
# text = nightlight's stuck right up against the curtain
1	nightlight	nightlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	against	against	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	curtain	curtain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick** | participle |  | nightlight *not said here* |  | the curtain |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme against curtain=Destination |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Fine if the curtain is thin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t12:o1:1
# text = Fine if the curtain is thin
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	curtain	curtain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the curtain |  |  |  |  | thin *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only big lamps get hot enough to cause any problem with curtains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t12:o2:1
# text = Only big lamps get hot enough to cause any problem with curtains
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	curtains	curtain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | big lamps |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **cause** | to-infinitive | big lamps *not said here* | any problem |  |  |  | with curtains | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition problem=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fine, nightlights never get warm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t12:o3:1
# text = Fine, nightlights never get warm
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nightlights	nightlight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | present | Fine nightlights |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Move it away, bulbs get hot and can start a fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t12:o4:1
# text = Move it away, bulbs get hot and can start a fire
1	Move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	start	start	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move away** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | bulbs |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **start** | can | you *not said here* | a fire |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality |

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