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description: Why should chairs never be pushed near an open window or a balcony rail? Test 15 · ★ of lesson 218 «Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles» 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 15 · ★ · Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles

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Why should chairs never be pushed near an open window or a balcony rail?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** not push · **To what, where:** chairs, open window

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This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 218 «Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles» 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/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles:t15:1
# text = Why should chairs never be pushed near an open window or a balcony rail?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	chairs	chair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	pushed	push	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	balcony	balcony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	rail	rail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **push** | should · passive |  | chairs |  | a open window or a balcony rail |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme near window=Trajectory |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Chairs wear out the floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles:t15:o1:1
# text = Chairs wear out the floor
1	Chairs	chair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wear	wear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear out** | present | Chairs | the floor |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent floor=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It blocks the view

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles:t15:o2:1
# text = It blocks the view
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blocks	block	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | present | It | the view |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer view=Theme |

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

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Small children climb them and can fall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles:t15:o3:1
# text = Small children climb them and can fall
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	climb	climb	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | present | Small children | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location they=Theme |
| 2 | **fall** | can | Small children *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The chairs get wet when it rains through the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles:t15:o4:1
# text = The chairs get wet when it rains through the window
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chairs	chair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	rains	rain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | the chairs |  |  |  |  | wet *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **rain** | present | it |  |  | the window |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

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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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