Test 7 · ★ · Safe toys and fair board games

Why might a jigsaw be easier if you start with the edges?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: jigsaw, you · What happens: be, start

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 302 «Safe toys and fair board games» of the everyday 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 easier	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 easier	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 jigsaw	det
4	jigsaw	jigsaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 easier	nsubj
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 easier	cop
6	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 start	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 start	nsubj
9	start	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 easier	advcl
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 edges	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 edges	det
12	edges	edge	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 start	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 easier	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	might	a jigsaw					easy property	tree rules
2	start a condition, not said to happen	present	you					with the edges	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with edge=Subeventuality

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

The picture is always printed only on the edges of the box and the pieces

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 picture	det
2	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 printed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 printed	aux:pass
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 printed	advmod
5	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 edges	advmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 edges	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 edges	det
9	edges	edge	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 printed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 box	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 box	det
12	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 edges	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 pieces	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 pieces	det
15	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 edges	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	print	present · passive		the picture		the edges of the box and the pieces		always property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on edge=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Edge pieces have a straight side, so they are quick to find and give a frame

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pieces	compound
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 side	det
5	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 side	amod
6	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 quick	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 quick	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 quick	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 quick	cop
11	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 have	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 find	mark
13	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 quick	xcomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 give	cc
15	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 find	conj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 frame	det
17	frame	frame	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	Edge pieces	a straight side		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Patient
2	is	present	pieces = piece		quick property	tree rules
3	find	to-infinitive	pieces = piece not said here			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
4	give	infinitive	pieces = piece not said here	a frame		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frame=Theme

Option 3

Edge pieces are bigger than the middle ones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pieces	compound
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bigger	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bigger	cop
4	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	8 ones	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ones	det
7	middle	middle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ones	amod
8	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bigger	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Edge pieces					than the middle ones; big property	tree rules

Option 4

Edge pieces are always the same colour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pieces	compound
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 colour	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 colour	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 colour	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 colour	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 colour	amod
7	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Edge pieces	the same colour				always property	tree rules

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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