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title: Ishaan says his set is "waste only" now ("waste only" means totally… — Lego builds: instructions vs your own… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ishaan says his set is "waste only" now ("waste only" means totally useless in Indian English). What is true? Test 5 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; Mov
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# Test 5 · Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas

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Ishaan says his set is "waste only" now ("waste only" means totally useless in Indian English). What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ishaan, set, waste · **What happens:** say, be, mean · **To what, where:** waste, useless · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ishaan says his set is "waste only" now ("waste only" means totally useless in Indian English).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t5:1
# text = Ishaan says his set is "waste only" now ("waste only" means totally useless in Indian English).
1	Ishaan	Ishaan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	waste	waste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
11	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	waste	waste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	only	only	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
17	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	useless	useless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	obj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ishaan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Ishaan's set | waste |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **mean** | present | waste | useless |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent useless=Topic |

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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:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t5:2
# 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A missing part rarely ruins a model

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t5:o1:1
# text = A missing part rarely ruins a model
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	rarely	rarely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	ruins	ruin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	model	model	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ruin** | present | a missing part | a model |  |  |  | rarely *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent model=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Lego does not sell single pieces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t5:o2:1
# text = Lego does not sell single pieces
1	Lego	Lego	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sell** | present · do-support | Lego | single pieces |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sets cannot be fixed at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t5:o3:1
# text = Sets cannot be fixed at all
1	Sets	set	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **fix** | can · passive |  | Sets |  | all |  |  | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme at all=Value |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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One missing piece wrecks every build

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t5:o4:1
# text = One missing piece wrecks every build
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wrecks	wreck	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	build	build	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wreck** | present | One missing piece | every build |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent build=Patient |

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