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title: A London kid says "bare pieces in the box, why you crying" ("bare" m… — Lego builds: instructions vs your own… · tree and pragmatics
description: A London kid says "bare pieces in the box, why you crying" ("bare" means lots of). What is he missing? Test 7 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 cho
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# Test 7 · Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas

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A London kid says "bare pieces in the box, why you crying" ("bare" means lots of). What is he missing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** London kid, bare pieces, bare · **What happens:** say, cry, mean, be · **To what, where:** lots · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A London kid says "bare pieces in the box, why you crying" ("bare" means lots of).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t7:1
# text = A London kid says "bare pieces in the box, why you crying" ("bare" means lots of).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
20	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
21	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a London kid |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | gerund | bare pieces in the box |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mean** | present | bare | lots |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=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 he missing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t7:2
# text = What is he missing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | missing *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Shared bricks always belong to whoever is the oldest in the family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t7:o1:1
# text = Shared bricks always belong to whoever is the oldest in the family
1	Shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	bricks	brick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	belong	belong	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	oldest	old	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **belong** | present | Shared bricks |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | whoever |  |  | the family |  | old *property* | tree rules |

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

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The plane is her work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t7:o2:1
# text = The plane is her work
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plane	plane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the plane | her work |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Planes do not really need wings, so she should not be upset

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t7:o3:1
# text = Planes do not really need wings, so she should not be upset
1	Planes	plane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
10	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
13	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **need** | present · do-support | Planes | wings |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot wing=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is** | should | she |  |  |  |  | upset *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Crying is not allowed in the house over toys or games

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t7:o4:1
# text = Crying is not allowed in the house over toys or games
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  |  |  | the house |  | over toys or games | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

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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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