--- title: gonna stand on the swivel chair to get the biscuits, ok? — Balance and falling well · tree and pragmatics description: gonna stand on the swivel chair to get the biscuits, ok? Test 15 · ★ 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; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/2-balance-and-falling-well/t15/) [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/) / [Balance and falling well](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/2-balance-and-falling-well/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★ · Balance and falling well gonna stand on the swivel chair to get the biscuits, ok? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** stand, get · **To what, where:** swivel chair, biscuits This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 2 «Balance and falling well» 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/2-balance-and-falling-well/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t15:1 # text = gonna stand on the swivel chair to get the biscuits, ok? 1 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 2 dep _ _ 2 stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 swivel swivel NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 biscuits biscuit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 ok ok ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the swivel chair | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chair=Location | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the biscuits | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer biscuit=Stimulus | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, if you hold the back of it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t15:o1:1 # text = Yes, if you hold the back of it 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | present | you | the back of back | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, if you are quick about it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t15:o2:1 # text = Yes, if you are quick about it 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | you | | | | | about it; quick *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, it can roll or spin and you will fall ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t15:o3:1 # text = No, it can roll or spin and you will fall 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 roll roll VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 spin spin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll** | can | it | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **spin** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fall** | future | you | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, if somebody holds it and spins it very slowly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t15:o4:1 # text = Yes, if somebody holds it and spins it very slowly 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 somebody somebody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 nsubj _ _ 5 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 spins spin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 very very ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | present | somebody | it | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **spin** | present | somebody *not said here* | it | | | | slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | **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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