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title: Ruby: "I might get hurt on the stairs too. Should I live in the hall… — "Because I said so" and other dead-end… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby: "I might get hurt on the stairs too. Should I live in the hallway?" What is the better question for Mum to ask? Test 6 of lesson 163 «"Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 6 · "Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons

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Ruby: "I might get hurt on the stairs too. Should I live in the hallway?" What is the better question for Mum to ask?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, better question · **What happens:** hurt, live, be, ask · **To what, where:** Ruby, stairs, hallway

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This is test 6 of lesson 163 «"Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons» 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/163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby: "I might get hurt on the stairs too.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t6:1
# text = Ruby: "I might get hurt on the stairs too.
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** *in a quote* | might · passive |  | Ruby |  | the stairs |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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:* Should I live in the hallway?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t6:2
# text = Should I live in the hallway?"
1	Should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hallway	hallway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | should | I |  |  | the hallway |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hallway=Location |

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*Sentence 3:* What is the better question for Mum to ask?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t6:3
# text = What is the better question for Mum to ask?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the better question for Mum |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | the better question for Mum *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Why does Ruby even want to go outside to play at all?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t6:o1:1
# text = Why does Ruby even want to go outside to play at all?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl:relcl	_	_
3	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | outside *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **play** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | all |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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How can Ruby avoid going up and down the stairs forever?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t6:o2:1
# text = How can Ruby avoid going up and down the stairs forever?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	up	up	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	down	down	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
11	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | can | Ruby |  |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **go up** | gerund | Ruby *not said here* |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Who is going to carry Ruby up the stairs every single night?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t6:o3:1
# text = Who is going to carry Ruby up the stairs every single night?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
11	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **carry** | to-infinitive |  | Ruby |  |  | night | up the stairs | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ruby=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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What can we do to make playing outside safe enough?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t6:o4:1
# text = What can we do to make playing outside safe enough?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	obj	_	_
8	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
10	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | can | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **play** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | outside, safe *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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