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title: A grandma in Dublin knits with her grandson. Why do they count the n… — Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and need… · tree and pragmatics
description: A grandma in Dublin knits with her grandson. Why do they count the needles at the end? Test 7 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 wrong
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# Test 7 · Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and needles

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A grandma in Dublin knits with her grandson. Why do they count the needles at the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** grandma, they · **What happens:** knit, count · **To what, where:** needles, end

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A grandma in Dublin knits with her grandson.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t7:1
# text = A grandma in Dublin knits with her grandson.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	knits	knit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	grandson	grandson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knit** | present | a grandma in Dublin |  |  |  |  | with grandma's grandson | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Why do they count the needles at the end?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t7:2
# text = Why do they count the needles at the end?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	needles	needle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present · do-support | they | the needles |  |  | at the end |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needle=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Because needles go missing at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t7:o1:1
# text = Because needles go missing at night
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	needles	needle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | needles |  |  |  | night | missing *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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So they know how many more needles to buy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t7:o2:1
# text = So they know how many more needles to buy
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	needles	needle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | they | many more needles |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer needle=Stimulus |
| 2 | **buy** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To check that none of the needles have grown longer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t7:o3:1
# text = To check that none of the needles have grown longer
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	9	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	needles	needle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
10	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | present · perfect | none |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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So none are left out to prick people or pets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t7:o4:1
# text = So none are left out to prick people or pets
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	prick	prick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave out** | present · passive |  | none |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **prick** | to-infinitive |  | people or pets |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=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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