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description: apparently a kid at my school dropped a glass n there was glass "in every room of the house" for a month. what's probs exaggerated Test 18 · ★ 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
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# Test 18 · ★ · Chores and broken things

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apparently a kid at my school dropped a glass n there was glass "in every room of the house" for a month. what's probs exaggerated

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kid · **What happens:** drop, be, exaggerate · **To what, where:** glass n, probs

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This is test 18 · ★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t18:1
# text = apparently a kid at my school dropped a glass n there was glass "in every room of the house" for a month. what's probs exaggerated
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	n	n	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	12	expl	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
26	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	28	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	cop	_	_
28	probs	prob	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	parataxis	_	_
29	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | a kid at my school | a glass n |  |  |  | apparently *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent n=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | probs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **exaggerate** | participle |  | probs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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That you should put shoes on straight after a glass breaks on the floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t18:o1:1
# text = That you should put shoes on straight after a glass breaks on the floor
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | should | That | shoes |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent shoe=Goal |
| 2 | **break** | present | a glass |  |  | the floor |  | straight *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on floor=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That glass can cut bare feet at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t18:o2:1
# text = That glass can cut bare feet at all
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | can | that glass | bare feet |  | all |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset foot=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That tiny pieces can hide in the carpet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t18:o3:1
# text = That tiny pieces can hide in the carpet
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	carpet	carpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **piece** |  | That |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hide** | can | tiny pieces |  |  | the carpet |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in carpet=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Every room for a month, though slivers do fly far

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t18:o4:1
# text = Every room for a month, though slivers do fly far
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	slivers	sliver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | present · do-support | every room for a month |  |  |  |  | far *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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