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title: A wizard in a cartoon turns sand into glass just by waving a wand. W… — Glass and pottery · tree and pragmatics
description: A wizard in a cartoon turns sand into glass just by waving a wand. What does it really take? Test 5 · ★★ 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 5 · ★★ · Glass and pottery

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A wizard in a cartoon turns sand into glass just by waving a wand. What does it really take?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wizard, it · **What happens:** turn, wave, take · **To what, where:** sand, glass, wand

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A wizard in a cartoon turns sand into glass just by waving a wand.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t5:1
# text = A wizard in a cartoon turns sand into glass just by waving a wand.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	waving	wave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wand	wand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | a wizard in a cartoon | sand |  | glass |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent sand=Theme into glass=Trajectory |
| 2 | **wave** | gerund | a wizard in a cartoon *not said here* | a wand |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wand=Patient |

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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 does it really take?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t5:2
# text = What does it really take?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present · do-support | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Squeezing sand very, very hard by hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t5:o1:1
# text = Squeezing sand very, very hard by hand
1	Squeezing	squeeze	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squeeze** | gerund |  | sand |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sand=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Leaving sand out in the hot sun for a whole day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t5:o2:1
# text = Leaving sand out in the hot sun for a whole day
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave out** | gerund |  | sand |  | the hot sun | day |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sand=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Melting sand with other things at great heat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t5:o3:1
# text = Melting sand with other things at great heat
1	Melting	melt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | gerund |  | sand |  |  |  | with other things at great heat | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent sand=Patient with thing=Instrument |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Mixing sand with cold water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t5:o4:1
# text = Mixing sand with cold water
1	Mixing	mix	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | gerund |  | sand |  |  |  | with cold water | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent sand=Patient with water=Co-Patient |

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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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