--- title: Your brother grabs your favourite toy car. Which choice solves the p… — Sharp things, small objects and little… · tree and pragmatics description: Your brother grabs your favourite toy car. Which choice solves the problem best? 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Which choice solves the problem best? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother, choice · **What happens:** grab, solve · **To what, where:** favourite toy car, problem This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 112 «Sharp things, small objects and little ones» 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/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your brother grabs your favourite toy car. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t9:1 # text = Your brother grabs your favourite toy car. 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 grabs grab VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 5 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | present | Your brother | your favourite toy car | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which choice solves the problem best? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t9:2 # text = Which choice solves the problem best? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 solves solve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **solve** | present | which choice | the problem best | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Push him over to get it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t9:o1:1 # text = Push him over to get it 1 Push push VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 over over ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push over** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Scream until he cries ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t9:o2:1 # text = Scream until he cries 1 Scream scream NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 until until SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cries cry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | he | Scream *not said here* | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scream=Topic | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Ask him to give it back and offer to take turns ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t9:o3:1 # text = Ask him to give it back and offer to take turns 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 offer offer VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 turns turn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **give back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **offer** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | turns | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Break his toy as well so that he knows how it feels to lose one ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t9:o4:1 # text = Break his toy as well so that he knows how it feels to lose one 1 Break break VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 1 advmod _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 fixed _ _ 6 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 9 mark _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 10 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | imperative | you *not said here* | his toy | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer toy=Patient | | 2 | **know** | present | he | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **feel** | present | toy | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **lose** | to-infinitive | toy *not said here* | one | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality | **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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