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title: Why is a chipped mug a risk even if it still holds tea? — Chores and broken things · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is a chipped mug a risk even if it still holds tea? Test 8 · ★ 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 8 · ★ · Chores and broken things

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Why is a chipped mug a risk even if it still holds tea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** chipped mug · **What happens:** chip, be, hold · **To what, where:** chipped mug, tea

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t8:1
# text = Why is a chipped mug a risk even if it still holds tea?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	chipped	chip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	mug	mug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	risk	risk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	still	still	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chip** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | a chipped mug |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **hold** | present | a chipped mug | tea |  |  | still |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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The chip makes the tea taste of soap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t8:o1:1
# text = The chip makes the tea taste of soap
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chip	chip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the chip | the tea taste of soap |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset taste=Product |
| 2 | **taste** |  |  | soap |  |  |  |  | nom taste «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Chipped mugs cannot be washed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t8:o2:1
# text = Chipped mugs cannot be washed
1	Chipped	chip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	mugs	mug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	washed	wash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chip** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **wash** | can · passive |  | Chipped mugs |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It can crack in your hand or leave glass bits in the drink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t8:o3:1
# text = It can crack in your hand or leave glass bits in the drink
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	crack	crack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | can | It |  |  | your hand |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hand=Location |
| 2 | **leave** | infinitive |  | glass bits |  | the drink |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bit=Theme in drink=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Chipped mugs make the tea inside go cold much faster than whole ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t8:o4:1
# text = Chipped mugs make the tea inside go cold much faster than whole ones
1	Chipped	chip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	mugs	mug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	much	much	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chip** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | present | Chipped mugs | the tea |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material tea=Product |
| 3 | **go** | present | Chipped mugs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | cold, fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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