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title: Sam forgot to wash his acrylic paintbrush and left it until Saturday… — Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and need… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sam forgot to wash his acrylic paintbrush and left it until Saturday. What happened? Test 4 of lesson 245 «Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and needles» 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.
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# Test 4 · Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and needles

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Sam forgot to wash his acrylic paintbrush and left it until Saturday. What happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sam · **What happens:** forget, not wash, leave, happen · **To what, where:** acrylic paintbrush, paintbrush

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This is test 4 of lesson 245 «Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and needles» 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/245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sam forgot to wash his acrylic paintbrush and left it until Saturday.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t4:1
# text = Sam forgot to wash his acrylic paintbrush and left it until Saturday.
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	acrylic	acrylic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	paintbrush	paintbrush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	until	until	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | Sam |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **wash** | to-infinitive | Sam *not said here* | Sam's acrylic paintbrush |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paintbrush=Patient |
| 3 | **leave** | past | Sam *not said here* | paintbrush |  |  | saturday |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t4:2
# text = What happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The paint dried hard and ruined the brush

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t4:o1:1
# text = The paint dried hard and ruined the brush
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
6	ruined	ruin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	brush	brush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | participle |  | the paint *not said here* |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **ruin** | past | the paint | the brush |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brush=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The paint turned into water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t4:o2:1
# text = The paint turned into water
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | the paint |  |  | water |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into water=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The brush got softer and better to paint with

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t4:o3:1
# text = The brush got softer and better to paint with
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brush	brush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	softer	soft	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	paint	paint	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the brush |  |  |  |  | soft *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **paint** | to-infinitive | the brush *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The brush grew longer bristles while it was waiting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t4:o4:1
# text = The brush grew longer bristles while it was waiting
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brush	brush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	bristles	bristle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | the brush | longer bristles |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bristle=Theme |
| 2 | **wait** | past · progressive | brush |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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