Test 9 · Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas

Which is the best way to make a Lego bridge between two chairs stiffer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, make · To what, where: best way, Lego bridge

This is test 9 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 way	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 make	mark
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bridge	det
9	Lego	Lego	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 bridge	compound
10	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	13 chairs	case
12	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 chairs	nummod
13	chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 bridge	nmod
14	stiffer	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 make	xcomp
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the best way					tree rules
2	make	to-infinitive		a Lego bridge				between two chairs; stiff property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bridge=Product

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Build it on the floor first and lift it fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Build	build	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Build	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 floor	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 floor	det
5	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Build	obl
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Build	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lift	cc
8	lift	lift	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Build	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lift	obj
10	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 lift	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	imperative	you not said here	it		the floor		first property	vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme on floor=Source
2	lift	infinitive	you not said here	floor				fast property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Use only round bricks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	4 bricks	advmod
3	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bricks	amod
4	bricks	brick	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Use	obj

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Use triangles or an arch and make the beam thicker

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	triangles	triangle	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Use	obj
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 arch	cc
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 arch	det
5	arch	arch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 triangles	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 make	cc
7	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Use	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 beam	det
9	beam	beam	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obj
10	thicker	thick	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	triangles or a arch					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent triangle=Patient
2	make	infinitive	you not said here	the beam				thick property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset beam=Product

Option 4

Make it longer and thinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Make	obj
3	longer	long	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Make	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 thinner	cc
5	thinner	thin	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 longer	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here	it				long property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

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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