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title: «smashed a jar on the kitchen floor, gonna grab the bits quick» What… — Bottles, cans and recycling · tree and pragmatics
description: «smashed a jar on the kitchen floor, gonna grab the bits quick» What should you do? Test 4 of lesson 4 «Bottles, cans and recycling» 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.
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# Test 4 · Bottles, cans and recycling

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«smashed a jar on the kitchen floor, gonna grab the bits quick» What should you do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** smash, grab, do · **To what, where:** jar, kitchen floor, bits

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This is test 4 of lesson 4 «Bottles, cans and recycling» 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/4-bottles-cans-and-recycling/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:4-bottles-cans-and-recycling:t4:1
# text = «smashed a jar on the kitchen floor, gonna grab the bits quick» What should you do?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	smashed	smash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	11	dep	_	_
11	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	obj	_	_
17	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smash** *in a quote* | past |  | a jar |  | the kitchen floor |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grab** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the bits |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Theme |
| 3 | **do** | should | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Sweep them away quickly with your bare feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:4-bottles-cans-and-recycling:t4:o1:1
# text = Sweep them away quickly with your bare feet
1	Sweep	sweep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sweep away** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | with your bare feet; away, quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hide the broken bits under the rug so nobody sees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:4-bottles-cans-and-recycling:t4:o2:1
# text = Hide the broken bits under the rug so nobody sees
1	Hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rug	rug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	nsubj	_	_
10	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | the broken bits |  | the rug |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bit=Patient under rug=Location |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **see** | present | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pick up all the pieces fast with your bare hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:4-bottles-cans-and-recycling:t4:o3:1
# text = Pick up all the pieces fast with your bare hands
1	Pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | imperative | you *not said here* | all pieces |  |  |  | with your bare hands; fast *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Topic |

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

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Keep away from the bits and tell an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:4-bottles-cans-and-recycling:t4:o4:1
# text = Keep away from the bits and tell an adult
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the bits |  | away *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from bit=Eventuality |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |

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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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