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title: heard Ollie smashed his Lego model to bits cos it fell apart, like 2… — Frustration, loneliness, guilt and liv… · tree and pragmatics
description: heard Ollie smashed his Lego model to bits cos it fell apart, like 2000 pieces, n his mum had to hoover it all up Test 18 of lesson 94 «Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 18 · Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings

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heard Ollie smashed his Lego model to bits cos it fell apart, like 2000 pieces, n his mum had to hoover it all up

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ollie, model, mum · **What happens:** hear, smash, fall apart, have, hoover, model · **To what, where:** Lego model, bits, model

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This is test 18 of lesson 94 «Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings» 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/94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:t18:1
# text = heard Ollie smashed his Lego model to bits cos it fell apart, like 2000 pieces, n his mum had to hoover it all up
1	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	smashed	smash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	Lego	Lego	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	model	model	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
12	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	2000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	n	and	CCONJ	CC	Abbr=Yes	21	cc	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	hoover	hoover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	_	_
24	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obj	_	_
25	all	all	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	up	up	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **smash** | past | Ollie | Ollie's Lego model |  | bits |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent model=Theme to bit=Destination |
| 3 | **fall apart** | past | model |  |  |  |  | like 2000 pieces; apart *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **have** | past | Ollie's mum |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **hoover** | to-infinitive | Ollie's mum *not said here* | model |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent it=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **model** |  | Ollie |  |  |  |  |  | nom model «cognition transitive»: poss=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Frustration always ends in smashing things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:t18:o1:1
# text = Frustration always ends in smashing things
1	Frustration	frustration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	smashing	smash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | present | Frustration |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **smash** | gerund | Frustration *not said here* | things |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Builders never have to try more than once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:t18:o2:1
# text = Builders never have to try more than once
1	Builders	builder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	5	obj	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | present | Builders |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **try** | to-infinitive | Builders *not said here* | more |  |  |  | once *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Frustration is better handled with a break and asking for help; 2000 pieces is probably exaggerated

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:t18:o3:1
# text = Frustration is better handled with a break and asking for help; 2000 pieces is probably exaggerated
1	Frustration	frustration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	handled	handle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	advcl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
13	2000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
16	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **handle** | present · passive |  | Frustration |  |  |  | with a break | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **exaggerate** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Smashing it was the right thing to do, because a broken model is useless anyway

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:t18:o4:1
# text = Smashing it was the right thing to do, because a broken model is useless anyway
1	Smashing	smash	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	model	model	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	useless	useless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
16	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smash** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Smashing | the right thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **is** | present | a broken model |  |  |  |  | anyway, useless *property* | tree rules |

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