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Test 2 · ★★ · Glass and pottery

"smashed a glass, crap, I'll just grab the bits quick". What should you do instead?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, you · What happens: smash, grab, do · To what, where: glass, bits

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 30 «Glass and pottery» of the chemistry 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: "smashed a glass, crap, I'll just grab the bits quick".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 smashed	punct
2	smashed	smash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 glass	det
4	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smashed	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 crap	punct
6	crap	crap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 glass	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 grab	punct
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 grab	nsubj
9	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 grab	aux
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 grab	advmod
11	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 smashed	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bits	det
13	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 grab	obj
14	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 grab	xcomp
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 smashed	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 smashed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smash in a quote	past		a glass and crap					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Theme
2	grab in a quote	future	I	the bits				quick property	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Theme

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 should you do instead?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	instead	instead	ADV	_	4 do	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Grab the big bits with wet hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bits	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bits	amod
4	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Grab	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 hands	case
6	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hands	amod
7	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Grab	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	imperative	you not said here	the big bits				with wet hands	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Use a brush and dustpan, not bare hands

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 brush	det
3	brush	brush	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 dustpan	cc
5	dustpan	dustpan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brush	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hands	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 hands	advmod
8	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hands	amod
9	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Use	obl

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

Option 3

Throw a towel over them and walk off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 towel	det
3	towel	towel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obj
4	over	over	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 walk	cc
7	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Throw	conj
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 walk	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	a towel				over them = they	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent towel=Theme over they=Destination
2	walk off	infinitive	you not said here						vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Stand on them to make them smaller

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	3 them	case
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Stand	obl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Stand	advcl
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 make	obj
7	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here					on them = they	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on they=Location
2	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	them = they				small property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product

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