Test 4 · Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas

In a cartoon, a family throws out a whole Lego set because one piece is lost. What would a builder do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family, builder · What happens: throw out, lose, do · To what, where: whole Lego set, cartoon, one piece

This is test 4 of lesson 32 «Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas» of the arts 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.

The question

Sentence 1: In a cartoon, a family throws out a whole Lego set because one piece is lost.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 throws	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 family	det
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 throws	nsubj
7	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 throws	compound:prt
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 set	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 set	amod
11	Lego	Lego	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 set	compound
12	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 throws	obj
13	because	because	SCONJ	_	17 lost	mark
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 piece	nummod
15	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lost	nsubj:pass
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 lost	aux:pass
17	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 throws	advcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 throws	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw out	present	a family	a whole Lego set		a cartoon			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent set=Theme in cartoon=Destination
2	lose	present · passive		one piece					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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.

Sentence 2: What would a builder do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 do	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 builder	det
4	builder	builder	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	would	a builder						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Build nothing at all until the lost piece finally turns up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Build	build	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Build	obj
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 all	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Build	obl
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 turns	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 piece	det
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 piece	amod
8	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turns	nsubj
9	finally	finally	ADV	_	10 turns	advmod
10	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Build	advcl
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 turns	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	build	imperative	you not said here	nothing	all		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nothing=Product
2	lose	participle					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	turn up	present	the lost piece			finally property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Buy three more of the same set so it never happens again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 more	nummod
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Buy	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 set	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 set	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 set	amod
7	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 more	obl
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 happens	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 happens	nsubj
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 happens	advmod
11	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Buy	advcl
12	again	again	ADV	_	11 happens	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	imperative	you not said here	three more					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme
2	not happen	present	it				again		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Agree that the whole set is ruined for ever and throw it out too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 ruined	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 set	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 set	amod
5	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ruined	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ruined	aux:pass
7	ruined	ruin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Agree	ccomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 ever	case
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 ruined	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 throw	cc
11	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Agree	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 throw	obj
13	out	out	ADP	_	11 throw	compound:prt
14	too	too	ADV	_	11 throw	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	imperative	you not said here		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ruin	present · passive		the whole set	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	throw out	infinitive	you not said here	set	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Use a stand-in brick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stand	det
3	stand	stand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 stand	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 brick	case
6	brick	brick	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	a stand		brick			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stand=Patient

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