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title: "smashed a glass, crap, I'll just grab the bits quick". What should… — Glass and pottery · tree and pragmatics
description: "smashed a glass, crap, I'll just grab the bits quick". What should you do instead? Test 2 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Glass and pottery

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"smashed a glass, crap, I'll just grab the bits quick". What should you do instead?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, you · **What happens:** smash, grab, do · **To what, where:** glass, bits

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "smashed a glass, crap, I'll just grab the bits quick".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t2:1
# text = "smashed a glass, crap, I'll just grab the bits quick".
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	smashed	smash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	crap	crap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smash** *in a quote* | past |  | a glass and crap |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Theme |
| 2 | **grab** *in a quote* | future | I | the bits |  |  |  | quick *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Theme |

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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 should you do instead?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t2:2
# text = What should you do instead?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | you |  |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Grab the big bits with wet hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t2:o1:1
# text = Grab the big bits with wet hands
1	Grab	grab	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | imperative | you *not said here* | the big bits |  |  |  | with wet hands | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Theme |

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

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Use a brush and dustpan, not bare hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t2:o2:1
# text = Use a brush and dustpan, not bare hands
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	brush	brush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	dustpan	dustpan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a brush and dustpan |  |  |  | bare hands *obl* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brush=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Throw a towel over them and walk off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t2:o3:1
# text = Throw a towel over them and walk off
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	towel	towel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | a towel |  |  |  | over them *= they* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent towel=Theme over they=Destination |
| 2 | **walk off** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Stand on them to make them smaller

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t2:o4:1
# text = Stand on them to make them smaller
1	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on them *= they* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on they=Location |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | small *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |

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