--- title: «concrete's just mud that dries, innit» What is right? — Diggers, cranes and cement mixers · tree and pragmatics description: «concrete's just mud that dries, innit» What is right? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 28 «Diggers, cranes and cement mixers» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/t2/) [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/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [Diggers, cranes and cement mixers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Diggers, cranes and cement mixers «concrete's just mud that dries, innit» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mud · **What happens:** dry, innit, be This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 28 «Diggers, cranes and cement mixers» of the technology 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/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers:t2:1 # text = «concrete's just mud that dries, innit» What is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 concrete concrete NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 dries dry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 innit innit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dry** *in a quote* | present | concrete's mud | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **innit** *in a quote* | infinitive | concrete's mud *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | 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} No, it sets because it freezes ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers:t2:o1:1 # text = No, it sets because it freezes 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sets set VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 freezes freeze VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | present | it | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **freeze** | present | it | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, so rain makes it go soft and runny again later ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers:t2:o2:1 # text = Yes, so rain makes it go soft and runny again later 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 runny runny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 11 again again ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 12 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | rain | it | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | again | late, soft *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, it sets by a chemical reaction with water ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers:t2:o3:1 # text = No, it sets by a chemical reaction with water 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sets set VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 chemical chemical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 reaction reaction NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | present | it | | | | | by a chemical reaction with water | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by reaction=Destination | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Yes, it dries in the sun like mud ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers:t2:o4:1 # text = Yes, it dries in the sun like mud 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 dries dry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dry** | present | it | | | the sun | | like mud | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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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