--- title: got a splinter, gonna dig it out with a pin — Building and making things safely · tree and pragmatics description: got a splinter, gonna dig it out with a pin Test 10 · ★★ 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 right. --- [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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · Building and making things safely got a splinter, gonna dig it out with a pin **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** splinter · **What happens:** get, dig out · **To what, where:** splinter This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 244 «Building and making things safely» 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/244-building-and-making-things/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t10:1 # text = got a splinter, gonna dig it out with a pin 1 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 splinter splinter NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 6 dep _ _ 6 dig dig VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 pin pin NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | | a splinter | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer splinter=Stimulus | | 2 | **dig out** | infinitive | a splinter *not said here* | splinter | | | | with a pin | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with pin=Instrument | 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} Leave it in, it falls out by itself ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t10:o1:1 # text = Leave it in, it falls out by itself 1 Leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave in** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **fall out** | present | it | | | | | by itself *= it* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by itself=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Squeeze it hard with your dirty fingers till it pops ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t10:o2:1 # text = Squeeze it hard with your dirty fingers till it pops 1 Squeeze squeeze VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 8 till till SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 pops pop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squeeze** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | with your dirty fingers; hard *property* | vn touch-20 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with finger=Instrument | | 2 | **pop** | present | it | | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Bite it out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t10:o3:1 # text = Bite it out 1 Bite bite VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite out** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Ask an adult to take it out with clean tweezers ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t10:o4:1 # text = Ask an adult to take it out with clean tweezers 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 tweezers tweezer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | a adult | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **take out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | adult | | | | with clean tweezers | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | **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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