--- title: Identify the appropriate response when a project does not succeed at… — Building and making things safely · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the appropriate response when a project does not succeed at the first attempt. Exam question 1 of lesson 244 «Building and making things safely» 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 rig --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/244-building-and-making-things/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Building and making things safely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/244-building-and-making-things/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Building and making things safely Identify the appropriate response when a project does not succeed at the first attempt. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, project · **What happens:** identify, not succeed · **To what, where:** appropriate response, first attempt This is exam question 1 of lesson 244 «Building and making things safely» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/244-building-and-making-things/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:e1:1 # text = Identify the appropriate response when a project does not succeed at the first attempt. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 appropriate appropriate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 project project NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 succeed succeed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 14 amod _ _ 14 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate response | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 2 | **not** **succeed** | present · do-support | a project | | | the first attempt | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} The project is abandoned at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:e1:o1:1 # text = The project is abandoned at once 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 project project NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 abandoned abandon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **abandon** | present · passive | | the project | | | | | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: subject=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} Everything is changed simultaneously ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:e1:o2:1 # text = Everything is changed simultaneously 1 Everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 simultaneously simultaneously ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | present · passive | | Everything | | | | simultaneously *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The instructions are discarded entirely ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:e1:o3:1 # text = The instructions are discarded entirely 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 instructions instruction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 discarded discard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discard** | present · passive | | the instructions | | | | entirely *property* | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} One thing is altered, tested and tried again ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:e1:o4:1 # text = One thing is altered, tested and tried again 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 altered alter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 tested test VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 9 again again ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **alter** | present · passive | | One thing | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **test** | participle | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **try** | participle | | | | | again | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | **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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