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title: Lily hid the pieces of a broken bowl in the bin and said nothing. Wh… — Chores and broken things · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily hid the pieces of a broken bowl in the bin and said nothing. Why was that a bad idea? Test 6 · ★ 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 6 · ★ · Chores and broken things

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Lily hid the pieces of a broken bowl in the bin and said nothing. Why was that a bad idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lily · **What happens:** hide, break, say, be · **To what, where:** pieces, bin, nothing, bad idea · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lily hid the pieces of a broken bowl in the bin and said nothing.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t6:1
# text = Lily hid the pieces of a broken bowl in the bin and said nothing.
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | Lily | the pieces of a broken bowl |  | the bin |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent piece=Patient in bin=Location |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Lily *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

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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:* Why was that a bad idea?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t6:2
# text = Why was that a bad idea?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | a bad idea |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The bowl could have mended itself in the bin if it was left alone overnight

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t6:o1:1
# text = The bowl could have mended itself in the bin if it was left alone overnight
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	mended	mend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
14	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
15	overnight	overnight	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mend** | could · perfect · passive |  | the bowl |  | the bin |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive |  | bowl |  |  |  | alone, overnight *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bins cannot take broken bowls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t6:o2:1
# text = Bins cannot take broken bowls
1	Bins	bin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	bowls	bowl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **take** | can | Bins | broken bowls |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bowl=Theme |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hidden pieces turn into dust

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t6:o3:1
# text = Hidden pieces turn into dust
1	Hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Hidden pieces |  |  | dust |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into dust=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It hurts trust, and someone could cut themselves on the hidden pieces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t6:o4:1
# text = It hurts trust, and someone could cut themselves on the hidden pieces
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
9	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present | It | trust |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trust=Patient |
| 2 | **cut** | could | someone | themselves *= they* |  | the hidden pieces |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Product |

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