--- title: making a den, can i use the big bookcase as a wall — Building and making things safely · tree and pragmatics description: making a den, can i use the big bookcase as a wall Test 11 · ★★ 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 right. --- [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/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Building and making things safely making a den, can i use the big bookcase as a wall **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** make, use · **To what, where:** den, big bookcase This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 244 «Building and making things safely» 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/244-building-and-making-things/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t11:1 # text = making a den, can i use the big bookcase as a wall 1 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 bookcase bookcase NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | gerund | i *not said here* | a den | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset den=Product | | 2 | **use** | can | i | the big bookcase | | | | as a wall | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent bookcase=Duration as wall=Attribute | 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 {#o1} Yes, heavy things make the strongest walls ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t11:o1:1 # text = Yes, heavy things make the strongest walls 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 strongest strong ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 amod _ _ 8 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | heavy things | the strongest walls | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wall=Product | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, use light things that won't tip over ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t11:o2:1 # text = No, use light things that won't tip over 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 use use VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 light light ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 7 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 tip tip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 over over ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | light things | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient | | 2 | **not** **tip over** | future | light things | | | | | over *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, if you push it hard against the sofa ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t11:o3:1 # text = Yes, if you push it hard against the sofa 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 push push VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 8 against against ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sofa sofa NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | present | you | it | | the sofa | | hard *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme against sofa=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} Only if you climb on top to hold it still ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t11:o4:1 # text = Only if you climb on top to hold it still 1 Only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 climb climb VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 still still ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | present | you | | | top | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on top=Trajectory | | 2 | **hold** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | top | | | still | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: 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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