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title: Your Gen Alpha cousin calls Lego Masters "lowkey hilarious" ("lowkey… — Lego builds: instructions vs your own… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your Gen Alpha cousin calls Lego Masters "lowkey hilarious" ("lowkey" means kind of). Which is true? Test 8 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 choic
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# Test 8 · Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas

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Your Gen Alpha cousin calls Lego Masters "lowkey hilarious" ("lowkey" means kind of). Which is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Alpha cousin, lowkey · **What happens:** call, mean, be · **To what, where:** Lego Masters, kind · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your Gen Alpha cousin calls Lego Masters "lowkey hilarious" ("lowkey" means kind of).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t8:1
# text = Your Gen Alpha cousin calls Lego Masters "lowkey hilarious" ("lowkey" means kind of).
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	Gen	Gen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Alpha	Alpha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Lego	Lego	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Masters	Master	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	hilarious	hilarious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
17	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | present | Your Alpha cousin | Lego Masters |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | lowkey | kind |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=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:* Which is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t8:2
# text = Which is true?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	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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It is a cartoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t8:o1:1
# text = It is a cartoon
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cartoon	cartoon	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 | It | a cartoon |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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It is a real building show

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t8:o2:1
# text = It is a real building show
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	show	show	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 | It | a real building show |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Adults are not allowed to build with Lego on television

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t8:o3:1
# text = Adults are not allowed to build with Lego on television
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|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	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Lego	Lego	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	television	television	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Adults |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **build** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Adults *not said here* |  |  | television |  | with Lego | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent with lego=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The big builds on the show are really made by robots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t8:o4:1
# text = The big builds on the show are really made by robots
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	builds	build	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present | the big |  |  | the show |  |  | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on show=Source |
| 2 | **make** | present · passive | robots |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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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