---
title: did u hear a kid built a den with a big bookcase and it tipped over… — Building and making things safely · tree and pragmatics
description: did u hear a kid built a den with a big bookcase and it tipped over on him? real lesson? Test 16 · ★★ 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
---

<!-- md -->
[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/t16/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / t16

# Test 16 · ★★ · Building and making things safely

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
did u hear a kid built a den with a big bookcase and it tipped over on him? real lesson?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** u, kid · **What happens:** hear, build, tip over · **To what, where:** den, real lesson · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 16 · ★★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t16:1
# text = did u hear a kid built a den with a big bookcase and it tipped over on him? real lesson?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	den	den	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	bookcase	bookcase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	tipped	tip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
16	over	over	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	_
20	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **build** | past | a kid | a den |  |  |  | with a big bookcase | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent den=Theme with bookcase=Source |
| 3 | **tip over** | past | kid | real lesson |  |  |  | on him *= he*; over *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on he=Destination |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Use heavy furniture so the den is nice and strong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t16:o1:1
# text = Use heavy furniture so the den is nice and strong
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	furniture	furniture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	den	den	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | heavy furniture |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent furniture=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | the den |  |  |  |  | nice *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | the den *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only build dens in the garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t16:o2:1
# text = Only build dens in the garden
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	build	build	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dens	den	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | imperative | you *not said here* | dens |  | the garden |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset den=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bookcases never tip over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t16:o3:1
# text = Bookcases never tip over
1	Bookcases	bookcase	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	tip	tip	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tip over** | present | Bookcases |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Build dens with light things that won't fall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t16:o4:1
# text = Build dens with light things that won't fall
1	Build	build	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	dens	den	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	light	light	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
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	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | imperative | you *not said here* | dens |  |  |  | with light things | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent den=Theme with thing=Source |
| 2 | **not** **fall** | future | light things |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Building and making things safely, test 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/244-building-and-making-things/t15/)
- next →: [Building and making things safely, test 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/244-building-and-making-things/t17/)
- ↑ back to [Building and making things safely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/244-building-and-making-things/)