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title: "my phone's 'unbreakable glass', so I can drop it on its corner, no… — Glass and pottery · tree and pragmatics
description: "my phone's 'unbreakable glass', so I can drop it on its corner, no problem". Right? Test 7 · ★★ 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 7 · ★★ · Glass and pottery

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"my phone's 'unbreakable glass', so I can drop it on its corner, no problem". Right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phone · **What happens:** drop · **To what, where:** glass, corner

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "my phone's 'unbreakable glass', so I can drop it on its corner, no problem".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t7:1
# text = "my phone's 'unbreakable glass', so I can drop it on its corner, no problem".
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	unbreakable	unbreakable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	',	',	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	drop	drop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	19	det	_	_
19	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** *in a quote* | can | my phone and unbreakable glass | glass |  | glass's corner |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on corner=Destination |

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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:* Right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t7:2
# text = Right?
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, a hit on the corner can still crack it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t7:o1:1
# text = No, a hit on the corner can still crack it
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hit	hit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	crack	crack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | can | a hit on the corner | corner |  |  | still |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, toughened glass never breaks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t7:o2:1
# text = Yes, toughened glass never breaks
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	toughened	toughen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **toughen** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **break** | present | toughened glass |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, corners are the strongest part

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t7:o3:1
# text = Yes, corners are the strongest part
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	corners	corner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	part	part	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 | corners | the strongest part |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, it only cracks when it is wet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:30-glass-and-pottery:t7:o4:1
# text = No, it only cracks when it is wet
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	cracks	crack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | wet *property* | tree rules |

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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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