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title: Which is the safest way to reach the top shelf of a bookcase? — Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is the safest way to reach the top shelf of a bookcase? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 294 «Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on balconies» 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 w
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# Test 3 · ★ · Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on b…

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Which is the safest way to reach the top shelf of a bookcase?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, reach · **To what, where:** safest way, top shelf

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 294 «Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on balconies» 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/294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:t3:1
# text = Which is the safest way to reach the top shelf of a bookcase?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	top	top	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bookcase	bookcase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the safest way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **reach** | to-infinitive |  | the top shelf of a bookcase |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent shelf=Theme |

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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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A spinning office chair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:t3:o1:1
# text = A spinning office chair
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
3	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A steady step stool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:t3:o2:1
# text = A steady step stool
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	steady	steady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	stool	stool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A wobbly pile of books

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:t3:o3:1
# text = A wobbly pile of books
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wobbly	wobbly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The arm of the big sofa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:t3:o4:1
# text = The arm of the big sofa
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sofa	sofa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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