--- title: my mate says his cousin lost a finger to a saw in like one second. p… — Building and making things safely · tree and pragmatics description: my mate says his cousin lost a finger to a saw in like one second. probably blown up? Test 18 · ★★ 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/t18/) [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/) / t18 # Test 18 · ★★ · Building and making things safely my mate says his cousin lost a finger to a saw in like one second. probably blown up? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, cousin · **What happens:** say, lose in, blow up · **To what, where:** finger · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 18 · ★★ 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/#t18). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t18:1 # text = my mate says his cousin lost a finger to a saw in like one second. probably blown up? 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 saw saw NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 13 like like ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 second second NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 17 probably probably ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **lose in** | past | mate's cousin | a finger | | | second | to a saw | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Eventuality | | 3 | **blow up** | participle | | | | | | probably *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=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} Saws can't cut fingers ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t18:o1:1 # text = Saws can't cut fingers 1 Saws saw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **cut** | can | Saws | fingers | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material finger=Product | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Maybe, but power tools really can do that; adults only ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t18:o2:1 # text = Maybe, but power tools really can do that; adults only 1 Maybe maybe ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 4 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 tools tool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 6 really really ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 only only ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | can | power tools | that | | | | adults *obl*; maybe *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} All made up, saws are slow ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t18:o3:1 # text = All made up, saws are slow 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 2 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 5 saws saw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make up** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | all made saws | | | | | slow *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Only electric toothbrushes are dangerous ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t18:o4:1 # text = Only electric toothbrushes are dangerous 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 electric electric ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 toothbrushes toothbrush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | electric toothbrushes | | | | | dangerous *property* | tree rules | **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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