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title: smashed a glass in the kitchen, barefoot rn — Chores and broken things · tree and pragmatics
description: smashed a glass in the kitchen, barefoot rn Test 10 · ★ of lesson 111 «Chores and broken things» of the everyday 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 10 · ★ · Chores and broken things

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smashed a glass in the kitchen, barefoot rn

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** smash · **To what, where:** glass, kitchen

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 111 «Chores and broken things» of the everyday 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/everyday/111-chores-and-broken-things/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t10:1
# text = smashed a glass in the kitchen, barefoot rn
1	smashed	smash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	barefoot	barefoot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	rn	rn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smash** | past |  | a glass |  | the kitchen and barefoot rn |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent glass=Theme in kitchen=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Stand still, keep others away, get shoes on and tell a grown-up

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t10:o1:1
# text = Stand still, keep others away, get shoes on and tell a grown-up
1	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	still	still	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	grown	grown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep away** | infinitive | you *not said here* | others |  |  |  | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Theme |
| 3 | **get on** | infinitive | you *not said here* | shoes |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shoe=Stimulus |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | a grown up |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sweep it under the cupboard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t10:o2:1
# text = Sweep it under the cupboard
1	Sweep	sweep	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	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sweep** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the cupboard |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme under cupboard=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pick up the big bits quickly with your fingers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t10:o3:1
# text = Pick up the big bits quickly with your fingers
1	Pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the big bits |  |  |  | with your fingers; quickly *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Walk out carefully on tiptoe and leave it for later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t10:o4:1
# text = Walk out carefully on tiptoe and leave it for later
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	tiptoe	tiptoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | tiptoe |  | carefully, out *property* | vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **leave** | infinitive | you *not said here* | tiptoe |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme for late=Recipient |

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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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