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title: A friend wants to climb the scaffolding on the empty house next door… — Bridges and skyscrapers · tree and pragmatics
description: A friend wants to climb the scaffolding on the empty house next door for a view. What is right? Test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Bridges and skyscrapers» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Bridges and skyscrapers

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A friend wants to climb the scaffolding on the empty house next door for a view. What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend · **What happens:** want, climb, be · **To what, where:** scaffolding, empty house next door

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This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Bridges and skyscrapers» of the technology 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/technology/30-bridges-and-skyscrapers/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A friend wants to climb the scaffolding on the empty house next door for a view.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t5:1
# text = A friend wants to climb the scaffolding on the empty house next door for a view.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	scaffolding	scaffolding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
12	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | a friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **climb** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a friend *not said here* | the scaffolding |  | the empty house next door for a view |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location scaffolding=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t5:2
# text = What is right?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Fine, if nobody is working on it that day and the ladder is left out

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t5:o1:1
# text = Fine, if nobody is working on it that day and the ladder is left out
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	csubj:pass	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ladder	ladder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
16	out	out	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · progressive | nobody |  |  |  | day | on it | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on it=Theme |
| 2 | **leave out** | present · passive | working |  |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fine, if you only go one floor up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t5:o2:1
# text = Fine, if you only go one floor up
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	up	up	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go up** | present | Fine | one floor |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient floor=Extent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Never climb scaffolding; it is for trained workers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t5:o3:1
# text = Never climb scaffolding; it is for trained workers
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	climb	climb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	scaffolding	scaffolding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **climb** | imperative | you *not said here* | scaffolding |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location scaffolding=Theme |
| 2 | **train** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | scaffolding |  |  |  |  | for trained workers | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fine, if it isn't wobbly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:30-bridges-and-skyscrapers:t5:o4:1
# text = Fine, if it isn't wobbly
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	wobbly	wobbly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | wobbly *property* | tree rules |

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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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