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title: A girl in Phoenix wants a jar from the top shelf and the only thing… — Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Phoenix wants a jar from the top shelf and the only thing near is an office chair on wheels. What should she do? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 217 «Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 3 · ★ · Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors

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A girl in Phoenix wants a jar from the top shelf and the only thing near is an office chair on wheels. What should she do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, jar · **What happens:** want, be, do · **To what, where:** office chair, wheels

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 217 «Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors» 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/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Phoenix wants a jar from the top shelf and the only thing near is an office chair on wheels.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:t3:1
# text = A girl in Phoenix wants a jar from the top shelf and the only thing near is an office chair on wheels.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Phoenix	Phoenix	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	top	top	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
16	near	near	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
21	on	on	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | a girl in Phoenix |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a jar from the top shelf and the only thing | a office chair |  | wheels |  |  | tree rules |

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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 she do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:t3:2
# text = What should she do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Climb up the shelves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:t3:o1:1
# text = Climb up the shelves
1	Climb	climb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shelves	shelf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the shelves |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location shelf=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Use the chair with someone holding the jar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:t3:o2:1
# text = Use the chair with someone holding the jar
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obl	_	_
6	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | the chair |  |  |  | with someone | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chair=Patient |
| 2 | **hold** | gerund |  | the jar |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jar=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Get a steady step stool or ask someone tall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:t3:o3:1
# text = Get a steady step stool or ask someone tall
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	steady	steady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	stool	stool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
9	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | a steady step stool |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stool=Stimulus |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | someone |  |  | tall *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Stand on the office chair, very carefully and slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:t3:o4:1
# text = Stand on the office chair, very carefully and slowly
1	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the office chair |  | carefully *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chair=Location |

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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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