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title: A kid from Texas says, "Y'all, slime's just glue, it can't hurt nobo… — Crafts: paper, clay, sewing, knitting,… · tree and pragmatics
description: A kid from Texas says, "Y'all, slime's just glue, it can't hurt nobody." What is true? Test 3 of lesson 31 «Crafts: paper, clay, sewing, knitting, slime» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 3 · Crafts: paper, clay, sewing, knitting, slime

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A kid from Texas says, "Y'all, slime's just glue, it can't hurt nobody." What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kid, Y'all · **What happens:** say, not hurt, be · **To what, where:** nobody · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 31 «Crafts: paper, clay, sewing, knitting, slime» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A kid from Texas says, "Y'all, slime's just glue, it can't hurt nobody."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime:t3:1
# text = A kid from Texas says, "Y'all, slime's just glue, it can't hurt nobody."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Texas	Texas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Y'all	Y'all	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	slime	slime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	glue	glue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
19	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a kid from Texas |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **hurt** *in a quote* | can | Y'all | nobody |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nobody=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:* What is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime:t3:2
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Shop slime is never glue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime:t3:o1:1
# text = Shop slime is never glue
1	Shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	slime	slime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	glue	glue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | Shop slime | glue |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Some activators make skin sore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime:t3:o2:1
# text = Some activators make skin sore
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	activators	activator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | some activators | skin |  |  |  | sore *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset skin=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Slime is safe to eat in small bits because it is made of glue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime:t3:o3:1
# text = Slime is safe to eat in small bits because it is made of glue
1	Slime	slime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	glue	glue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Slime |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | Slime *not said here* |  |  | small bits |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **make** | present · passive |  | Slime |  |  |  | of glue | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Glue cannot hurt your skin at all, whatever it is mixed with

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime:t3:o4:1
# text = Glue cannot hurt your skin at all, whatever it is mixed with
1	Glue	glue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hurt** | can | Glue | your skin |  | all |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer skin=Patient |
| 2 | **mix** | present · passive |  | Glue |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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