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title: Why is a damp paper towel good for the last bits of glass? — Chores and broken things · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is a damp paper towel good for the last bits of glass? Test 5 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Chores and broken things

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Why is a damp paper towel good for the last bits of glass?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** damp paper towel · **What happens:** be

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t5:1
# text = Why is a damp paper towel good for the last bits of glass?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	damp	damp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	towel	towel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a damp paper towel |  |  |  |  | for the last bits of glass; good *property* | 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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It washes the glass down the drain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t5:o1:1
# text = It washes the glass down the drain
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	washes	wash	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	drain	drain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | present | It | the glass |  |  |  | down the drain | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It makes the slivers bigger and easier to see

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t5:o2:1
# text = It makes the slivers bigger and easier to see
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	slivers	sliver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the slivers |  |  |  | big *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material sliver=Product |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | the slivers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Tiny slivers stick to it that a brush misses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t5:o3:1
# text = Tiny slivers stick to it that a brush misses
1	Tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	slivers	sliver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stick	stick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	brush	brush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	misses	miss	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick** | present | Tiny slivers |  | it |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to it=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **miss** | present | a brush |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It makes the glass soft and safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t5:o4:1
# text = It makes the glass soft and safe
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the glass |  |  |  | soft *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material glass=Product |

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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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