--- title: smashed a glass, gonna pick up the bits quick — Chores and broken things · tree and pragmatics description: smashed a glass, gonna pick up the bits quick Test 14 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/111-chores-and-broken-things/t14/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Chores and broken things](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/111-chores-and-broken-things/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Chores and broken things smashed a glass, gonna pick up the bits quick **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** smash, pick up · **To what, where:** glass, bits This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t14:1 # text = smashed a glass, gonna pick up the bits quick 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 6 dep _ _ 6 pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 10 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smash** | past | | a glass | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Theme | | 2 | **pick up** | infinitive | | the bits | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Topic | 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 {#o1} Kick them under the sofa ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t14:o1:1 # text = Kick them under the sofa 1 Kick kick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|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 sofa sofa NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kick** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | the sofa | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Patient under sofa=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Walk on them to crush them ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t14:o2:1 # text = Walk on them to crush them 1 Walk walk 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 crush crush VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | on them *= they* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on they=Trajectory | | 2 | **crush** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Pick them up barehanded fast before mum sees the mess ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t14:o3:1 # text = Pick them up barehanded fast before mum sees the mess 1 Pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 barehanded barehand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 xcomp _ _ 5 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 6 before before SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 mess mess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick up** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | fast *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **barehand** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | present | mum | the mess | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mess=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Stay back, put shoes on and get an adult to clean it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t14:o4:1 # text = Stay back, put shoes on and get an adult to clean it 1 Stay stay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 clean clean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay back** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **put on** | infinitive | you *not said here* | shoes | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent shoe=Goal | | 3 | **get** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a adult | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **clean** | to-infinitive | a adult *not said here* | adult | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | **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. 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