--- title: lil bro keeps climbing the bookcase, it wobbles — Thinking it through: the science behin… · tree and pragmatics description: lil bro keeps climbing the bookcase, it wobbles Test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Thinking it through: the science behind home safety» 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/40-home-safety-reasoning/t14/) [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/) / [Thinking it through: the science behin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/40-home-safety-reasoning/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★★★ · Thinking it through: the science behind home safety lil bro keeps climbing the bookcase, it wobbles **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lil bro, bro · **What happens:** keep, climb, wobble · **To what, where:** bookcase This is test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Thinking it through: the science behind home 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/40-home-safety-reasoning/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:40-home-safety-reasoning:t14:1 # text = lil bro keeps climbing the bookcase, it wobbles 1 lil little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 climbing climb VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bookcase bookcase NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 wobbles wobble VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | lil bro | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **climb** | gerund | lil bro *not said here* | the bookcase | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location bookcase=Theme | | 3 | **wobble** | present | bro | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} It is fine, he is light ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:40-home-safety-reasoning:t14:o1:1 # text = It is fine, he is light 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 light light ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | he | | | | | light *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Put heavy books on top so it stops wobbling ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:40-home-safety-reasoning:t14:o2:1 # text = Put heavy books on top so it stops wobbling 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 9 wobbling wobble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | heavy books | | top | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme on top=Destination | | 2 | **stop** | present | top | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **wobble** | gerund | top *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Tell an adult so it can be fixed to the wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:40-home-safety-reasoning:t14:o3:1 # text = Tell an adult so it can be fixed to the wall 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 so so SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | a adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | | 2 | **fix** | can · passive | | adult | | | | to the wall | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to wall=Co-Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Let him, he will learn ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:40-home-safety-reasoning:t14:o4:1 # text = Let him, he will learn 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **learn** | future | he | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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