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title: In a snowy town in Minnesota, why must children not build forts in t… — Building and making things safely · tree and pragmatics
description: In a snowy town in Minnesota, why must children not build forts in the snow piled by the road? Test 2 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Building and making things safely

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In a snowy town in Minnesota, why must children not build forts in the snow piled by the road?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** children · **What happens:** not build, pile · **To what, where:** forts, snowy town, snow

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t2:1
# text = In a snowy town in Minnesota, why must children not build forts in the snow piled by the road?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	snowy	snowy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Minnesota	Minnesota	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	build	build	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	forts	fort	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	piled	pile	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **build** | must | children | forts |  | a snowy town in Minnesota |  | in the snow | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fort=Product |
| 2 | **pile** | participle |  | the snow *not said here* |  |  |  | by the road | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme by road=Destination |

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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}

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The forts melt faster near roads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t2:o1:1
# text = The forts melt faster near roads
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	forts	fort	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	melt	melt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | present | the forts |  |  | roads |  | fast *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The snow can collapse, and ploughs cannot see them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t2:o2:1
# text = The snow can collapse, and ploughs cannot see them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	collapse	collapse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	ploughs	plough	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **collapse** | can | the snow |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **see** | can | ploughs | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The snow by roads is far too dirty and salty to build with

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t2:o3:1
# text = The snow by roads is far too dirty and salty to build with
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the snow by roads |  |  |  |  | dirty, far *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the snow by roads *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **build** | to-infinitive | the snow by roads *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 4 | **snow** |  | roads |  |  |  |  |  | nom snow «phenomenon intransitive»: by=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cars need that snow to help them slow down at the corners

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t2:o4:1
# text = Cars need that snow to help them slow down at the corners
1	Cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	slow	slow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	corners	corner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Cars | that snow |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | that snow *not said here* | Cars *= car* |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 3 | **slow down** *not said to happen* | infinitive | Cars *= car* *not said here* |  |  | the corners |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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**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.

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