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title: Max: "old church windows are thicker at the bottom 'cos glass slowly… — Glass and pottery · tree and pragmatics
description: Max: "old church windows are thicker at the bottom 'cos glass slowly drips down". What's true? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 30 «Glass and pottery» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Glass and pottery

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Max: "old church windows are thicker at the bottom 'cos glass slowly drips down". What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old church windows, glass · **What happens:** be, drip down · **To what, where:** bottom

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 30 «Glass and pottery» of the chemistry 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/chemistry/30-glass-and-pottery/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Max: "old church windows are thicker at the bottom 'cos glass slowly drips down".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t1:1
# text = Max: "old church windows are thicker at the bottom 'cos glass slowly drips down".
1	Max	Max	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	thicker	thick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	parataxis	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	drips	drip	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
17	down	down	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | old church windows |  |  | the bottom |  | thick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **drip down** *in a quote* | present | glass |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

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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's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t1:2
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	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 {#o1}

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The bottom got thicker from dirt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t1:o1:1
# text = The bottom got thicker from dirt
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	thicker	thick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the bottom |  |  | dirt |  | thick *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from dirt=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He's right, glass is a very slow liquid that drips

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t1:o2:1
# text = He's right, glass is a very slow liquid that drips
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	drips	drip	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | glass | a slow liquid |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **drip** | present | a slow liquid |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The top was worn down by the rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t1:o3:1
# text = The top was worn down by the rain
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear down** | past · passive | the rain | the top |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Source |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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They were made uneven; glass does not flow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t1:o4:1
# text = They were made uneven; glass does not flow
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	uneven	uneven	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
6	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	flow	flow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  | uneven *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **not** **flow** | present · do-support | glass |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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