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title: Your toddler brother is near a big build with tiny pieces. What do y… — Lego builds: instructions vs your own… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your toddler brother is near a big build with tiny pieces. What do you do? Test 10 of lesson 32 «Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas» 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 10 · Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas

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Your toddler brother is near a big build with tiny pieces. What do you do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** toddler brother, you · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** big build

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This is test 10 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your toddler brother is near a big build with tiny pieces.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t10:1
# text = Your toddler brother is near a big build with tiny pieces.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	toddler	toddler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	build	build	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Your toddler brother |  |  | a big build |  | with tiny pieces | tree rules |

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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 do you do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t10:2
# text = What do you do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Let him play with them, because he will just spit them out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t10:o1:1
# text = Let him play with them, because he will just spit them out
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	spit	spit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with them *= they* | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with they=Theme |
| 3 | **spit out** | future | he | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Give him a few small pieces to keep him busy and quiet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t10:o2:1
# text = Give him a few small pieces to keep him busy and quiet
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | a few small pieces | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient piece=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | busy *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing at all, because toddlers are careful with small things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t10:o3:1
# text = Nothing at all, because toddlers are careful with small things
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	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	toddlers	toddler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | toddlers |  |  |  |  | with small things; careful *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Move the tiny pieces away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t10:o4:1
# text = Move the tiny pieces away
1	Move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | imperative | you *not said here* | the tiny pieces |  |  |  | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent piece=Theme |

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**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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