--- title: Which is the best way to make a Lego bridge between two chairs stiff… — Lego builds: instructions vs your own… · tree and pragmatics description: Which is the best way to make a Lego bridge between two chairs stiffer? Test 9 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Arts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/) / [Lego builds: instructions vs your own…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas/) / t9 # Test 9 · Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas Which is the best way to make a Lego bridge between two chairs stiffer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, make · **To what, where:** best way, Lego bridge This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t9:1 # text = Which is the best way to make a Lego bridge between two chairs stiffer? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Lego Lego PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 between between ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 chairs chair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 stiffer stiff ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the best way | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | | a Lego bridge | | | | between two chairs; stiff *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bridge=Product | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Build it on the floor first and lift it fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t9:o1:1 # text = Build it on the floor first and lift it fast 1 Build build VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 1 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 lift lift VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | the floor | | first *property* | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme on floor=Source | | 2 | **lift** | infinitive | you *not said here* | floor | | | | fast *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Use only round bricks ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t9:o2:1 # text = Use only round bricks 1 Use use VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 bricks brick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | round bricks | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brick=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Use triangles or an arch and make the beam thicker ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t9:o3:1 # text = Use triangles or an arch and make the beam thicker 1 Use use VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 triangles triangle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 arch arch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 beam beam NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 thicker thick ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | triangles or a arch | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent triangle=Patient | | 2 | **make** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the beam | | | | thick *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset beam=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} Make it longer and thinner ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:t9:o4:1 # text = Make it longer and thinner 1 Make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 longer long ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 thinner thin ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | long *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | **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. 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