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title: Which is a real reason to be careful opening an umbrella indoors? — Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is a real reason to be careful opening an umbrella indoors? Test 9 of lesson 161 «Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions» of the world 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 9 · Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions

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Which is a real reason to be careful opening an umbrella indoors?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, open · **To what, where:** real reason, umbrella

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This is test 9 of lesson 161 «Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions» of the world 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/world/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t9:1
# text = Which is a real reason to be careful opening an umbrella indoors?
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl	_	_
9	opening	open	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	umbrella	umbrella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a real reason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | careful *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **open** | gerund |  | a umbrella |  |  |  | indoors *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location umbrella=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 {#o1}

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It lets bad luck into the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t9:o1:1
# text = It lets bad luck into the house
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | It | bad luck |  | the house |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It breaks the umbrella's good-luck charm, so it can't protect you

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t9:o2:1
# text = It breaks the umbrella's good-luck charm, so it can't protect you
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	umbrella	umbrella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present | It | the umbrella's luck charm |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer charm=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **protect** | can | charm |  | you |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It makes pets ill the next week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t9:o3:1
# text = It makes pets ill the next week
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | pets |  |  | week | ill *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material pet=Product |

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

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You could knock a lamp or poke someone's eye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:t9:o4:1
# text = You could knock a lamp or poke someone's eye
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	knock	knock	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	poke	poke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock** | could | You | a lamp |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent lamp=Patient |
| 2 | **poke** | infinitive | You *not said here* | someone's eye |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme |

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