--- title: Ascertain the reason for which an adult checks a structure before an… — Building and making things safely · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the reason for which an adult checks a structure before anyone climbs upon it. Exam question 4 of lesson 244 «Building and making things safely» 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 wr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/244-building-and-making-things/e4/) [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/) / [Building and making things safely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/244-building-and-making-things/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Building and making things safely Ascertain the reason for which an adult checks a structure before anyone climbs upon it. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, adult, anyone · **What happens:** ascertain, check, climb · **To what, where:** reason, structure This is exam question 4 of lesson 244 «Building and making things safely» 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/244-building-and-making-things/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the reason for which an adult checks a structure before anyone climbs upon it. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 checks check VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 structure structure NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 before before SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 13 nsubj _ _ 13 climbs climb VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 14 upon upon ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | | 2 | **check** | present | a adult | a structure | | | | for the reason | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent structure=Theme for which=Attribute | | 3 | **climb** | present | anyone | | | | | upon adult | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon it=Trajectory | 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} It needs to be painted first ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:e4:o1:1 # text = It needs to be painted first 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ 6 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | It | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **paint** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | first *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V» | ### Option 2 {#o2} Climbing is forbidden without a ticket ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:e4:o2:1 # text = Climbing is forbidden without a ticket 1 Climbing climbing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 forbidden forbid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 without without ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ticket ticket NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forbid** | present · passive | | Climbing | | | | without a ticket | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Adults must sign the structure ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:e4:o3:1 # text = Adults must sign the structure 1 Adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 sign sign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 structure structure NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sign** | must | Adults | the structure | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent structure=Destination | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It may not hold a person's weight ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:e4:o4:1 # text = It may not hold a person's weight 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hold** | may | It | a person's weight | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weight=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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