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title: my aunt says her friend's toddler climbed the telly n it fell on him… — Bedroom, living room and manners at home · tree and pragmatics
description: my aunt says her friend's toddler climbed the telly n it fell on him. real lesson? Test 17 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 wrong.
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# Test 17 · Bedroom, living room and manners at home

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my aunt says her friend's toddler climbed the telly n it fell on him. real lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** aunt, toddler, telly · **What happens:** say, climb, n, fall · **To what, where:** real lesson · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t17:1
# text = my aunt says her friend's toddler climbed the telly n it fell on him. real lesson?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	toddler	toddler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	telly	telly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	n	n	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
17	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my aunt |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **climb** | past | aunt's friend's toddler | real lesson |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **n** | present | the telly |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **fall** | past | telly |  |  |  |  | on toddler | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on he=Location |

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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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Put a toy on top so he will not climb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t17:o1:1
# text = Put a toy on top so he will not climb
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | a toy |  | top |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme on top=Destination |
| 2 | **not** **climb** | future | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Fix TVs to the wall or stand so they cannot tip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t17:o2:1
# text = Fix TVs to the wall or stand so they cannot tip
1	Fix	fix	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	TVs	tv	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	tip	tip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | imperative | you *not said here* | TVs |  |  |  | to the wall | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent tv=Patient to wall=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **stand** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **tip** | can | TVs *= tv* |  |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Toddlers only climb TVs that are switched on and showing cartoons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t17:o3:1
# text = Toddlers only climb TVs that are switched on and showing cartoons
1	Toddlers	toddler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	climb	climb	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	TVs	tv	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	switched	switch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
11	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | present | Toddlers | TVs |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tv=Theme |
| 2 | **switch on** | present · passive |  | TVs |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **show** | gerund | Toddlers *not said here* | cartoons |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cartoon=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Big TVs are too heavy to ever fall over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t17:o4:1
# text = Big TVs are too heavy to ever fall over
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	TVs	tv	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
8	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	over	over	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Big TVs |  |  |  |  | heavy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall over** | to-infinitive | Big TVs *not said here* |  |  |  | ever | over *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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