--- title: robot car won't move, tried it once, it's broken forever — Building and making things safely · tree and pragmatics description: robot car won't move, tried it once, it's broken forever Test 12 · ★★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★ · Building and making things safely robot car won't move, tried it once, it's broken forever **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** robot car · **What happens:** not move, try, break · **To what, where:** car This is test 12 · ★★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t12:1 # text = robot car won't move, tried it once, it's broken forever 1 robot robot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 14 forever forever ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **move** | future | robot car | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **try** | past | robot car *not said here* | car | | | | once *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 3 | **break** | present · passive | | car | | | | forever *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Hit it until it moves ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t12:o1:1 # text = Hit it until it moves 1 Hit hit 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 until until SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 moves move 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 | **hit** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | | 2 | **move** | present | it | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Change everything at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t12:o2:1 # text = Change everything at once 1 Change change VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 1 obj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | imperative | you *not said here* | everything | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Give up, it will never work now ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t12:o3:1 # text = Give up, it will never work now 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 8 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give up** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **work** | future | it | | | | now | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Change one thing, test and try again ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t12:o4:1 # text = Change one thing, test and try again 1 Change change VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 test test VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 try try VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 again again ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | imperative | you *not said here* | one thing | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient | | 2 | **test** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **try** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | 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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Building and making things safely, test 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/244-building-and-making-things/t11/) - next →: [Building and making things safely, test 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/244-building-and-making-things/t13/) - ↑ back to [Building and making things safely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/244-building-and-making-things/)