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title: It is given that a person desires to reach an elevated shelf at home… — Balance and falling well · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a person desires to reach an elevated shelf at home. Determine the most appropriate means of doing so. Exam question 4 of lesson 2 «Balance and falling well» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 4 · Balance and falling well

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It is given that a person desires to reach an elevated shelf at home. Determine the most appropriate means of doing so.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** person, you, appropriate · **What happens:** give, desire, reach, elevate, determine, mean · **To what, where:** It, elevated shelf, home

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 2 «Balance and falling well» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/2-balance-and-falling-well/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a person desires to reach an elevated shelf at home.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:e4:1
# text = It is given that a person desires to reach an elevated shelf at home.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	desires	desire	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	elevated	elevate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **desire** | present | a person |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **reach** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a person *not said here* | a elevated shelf |  | home |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent shelf=Theme at home=Asset |
| 4 | **elevate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Determine the most appropriate means of doing so.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:e4:2
# text = Determine the most appropriate means of doing so.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	ccomp	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the appropriate |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **do** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

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

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The employment of a proper and stable step stool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:e4:o1:1
# text = The employment of a proper and stable step stool
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	employment	employment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stable	stable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	stool	stool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** |  |  | a proper step stool |  |  |  |  | nom employment «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The standing upon a revolving office chair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:e4:o2:1
# text = The standing upon a revolving office chair
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	standing	standing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	revolving	revolve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
6	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **revolve** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The standing upon an upturned bucket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:e4:o3:1
# text = The standing upon an upturned bucket
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	standing	standing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	upturned	upturn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **upturn** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The balancing upon the arm of a sofa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:e4:o4:1
# text = The balancing upon the arm of a sofa
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	balancing	balancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sofa	sofa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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