--- title: building the lego set, skipped step 12, it's prob fine — Building and making things safely · tree and pragmatics description: building the lego set, skipped step 12, it's prob fine Test 9 · ★★ 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Building and making things safely building the lego set, skipped step 12, it's prob fine **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** build, skip, be · **To what, where:** lego set, prob This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t9:1 # text = building the lego set, skipped step 12, it's prob fine 1 building build VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 csubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 lego lego NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 skipped skip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 prob prob NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 13 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | gerund | | the lego set and skipped step | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset set=Product | | 2 | **skip** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | present | it | prob | | | | | tree rules | 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} Use glue to make it stay together ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t9:o1:1 # text = Use glue to make it stay together 1 Use use VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 glue glue NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 together together ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | glue | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glue=Patient | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | glue | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stay together** | infinitive | glue *not said here* | | | | | together *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Keep going, you'll fix it all at the end ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t9:o2:1 # text = Keep going, you'll fix it all at the end 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 fix fix VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fix** | future | you | it | | | at the end | all *property* | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent it=Theme at end=Value | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Go back, follow it one step at a time and check ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t9:o3:1 # text = Go back, follow it one step at a time and check 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 check check NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **follow** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it | | | time | one step *obl:unmarked* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Throw away the instructions ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:244-building-and-making-things:t9:o4:1 # text = Throw away the instructions 1 Throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 instructions instruction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw away** | imperative | you *not said here* | the instructions | | | | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=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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