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title: cliff edge looks solid, let's sit right on it — Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, c… · tree and pragmatics
description: cliff edge looks solid, let's sit right on it Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 325 «Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, cliff edges, trail markers, quarries, campfire burns, river crossings, bridges and pool safety» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, cliff edges, trail ma…

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cliff edge looks solid, let's sit right on it

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cliff edge, 's · **What happens:** look, let, sit · **To what, where:** 's, edge

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 325 «Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, cliff edges, trail markers, quarries, campfire burns, river crossings, bridges and pool safety» 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/325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t10:1
# text = cliff edge looks solid, let's sit right on it
1	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | cliff edge |  |  |  |  | solid *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive | cliff edge *not said here* | 's |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sit** | infinitive | 's *not said here* |  |  | edge |  | right *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on it=Location |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sit there if you hold on to the grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t10:o1:1
# text = Sit there if you hold on to the grass
1	Sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hold on** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | to the grass | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stay well back; edges can crumble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t10:o2:1
# text = Stay well back; edges can crumble
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	edges	edge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	crumble	crumble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay back** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **crumble** | can | edges |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lie down flat at the edge to look over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t10:o3:1
# text = Lie down flat at the edge to look over
1	Lie	lie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	flat	flat	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	over	over	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie down** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the edge |  | down, flat *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at edge=Location |
| 2 | **look over** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sit down, it's solid rock and can't move

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t10:o4:1
# text = Sit down, it's solid rock and can't move
1	Sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit down** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | solid rock |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **move** | can | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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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