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title: In a cartoon, a boy makes a solid clay brick dragon and it comes out… — Crafts: paper, clay, sewing, knitting,… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a boy makes a solid clay brick dragon and it comes out of the kiln perfect. What would usually go wrong? Test 4 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 o
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# Test 4 · Crafts: paper, clay, sewing, knitting, slime

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In a cartoon, a boy makes a solid clay brick dragon and it comes out of the kiln perfect. What would usually go wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, dragon · **What happens:** make, come out, go · **To what, where:** solid brick dragon, cartoon, kiln

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a boy makes a solid clay brick dragon and it comes out of the kiln perfect.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime:t4:1
# text = In a cartoon, a boy makes a solid clay brick dragon and it comes out of the kiln perfect.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
10	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	brick	brick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	out	out	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	kiln	kiln	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
20	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | a boy | a solid brick dragon |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Product |
| 2 | **come out** | present | dragon | the kiln |  |  |  | perfect *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient kiln=Result |

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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 would usually go wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime:t4:2
# text = What would usually go wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | would |  |  |  |  |  | usually, wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Thick clay can crack in the kiln

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime:t4:o1:1
# text = Thick clay can crack in the kiln
1	Thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	crack	crack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kiln	kiln	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | can | Thick clay |  |  | the kiln |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kiln=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It would turn to glass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime:t4:o2:1
# text = It would turn to glass
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would | It | glass |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme glass=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing at all, because solid clay is always the strongest kind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime:t4:o3:1
# text = Nothing at all, because solid clay is always the strongest kind
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
6	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | solid clay | the strongest kind |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The dragon would melt into a puddle of clay on the kiln shelf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime:t4:o4:1
# text = The dragon would melt into a puddle of clay on the kiln shelf
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	melt	melt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	puddle	puddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	kiln	kiln	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | would | the dragon |  |  | a puddle of clay |  | on the kiln shelf | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material into puddle=Product |

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