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title: ★★★ A worker says: «the belt's jammed, just reach in quick, it'll be… — Olympiad: machines at home and in the… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ A worker says: «the belt's jammed, just reach in quick, it'll be fine.» What should happen first? Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: machines at home and in the factory ★★★» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: machines at home and in the factory ★★★

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★★★ A worker says: «the belt's jammed, just reach in quick, it'll be fine.» What should happen first?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★ · **What happens:** say, jam, reach, be, happen · **To what, where:** quick · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: machines at home and in the factory ★★★» 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/42-olympiad-machines-at-home-and-in-the-factory/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ A worker says: «the belt's jammed, just reach in quick, it'll be fine.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:42-olympiad-machines-at-home-and-in-the-factory:t11:1
# text = ★★★ A worker says: «the belt's jammed, just reach in quick, it'll be fine.»
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	worker	worker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	jammed	jam	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	just	just	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
21	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	cop	_	_
22	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ★ |  |  |  |  | ★ a worker | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **jam** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **reach** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  | quick |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | future |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

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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 should happen first?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:42-olympiad-machines-at-home-and-in-the-factory:t11:2
# text = What should happen first?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | should |  |  |  |  |  | first *property* | 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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Stop the machine before anyone touches it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:42-olympiad-machines-at-home-and-in-the-factory:t11:o1:1
# text = Stop the machine before anyone touches it
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nsubj	_	_
6	touches	touch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | the machine |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality machine=Eventuality |
| 2 | **touch** | present | anyone | machine |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pull the jam out with a scarf so hands stay clean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:42-olympiad-machines-at-home-and-in-the-factory:t11:o2:1
# text = Pull the jam out with a scarf so hands stay clean
1	Pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	jam	jam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	scarf	scarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
11	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull out** | imperative | you *not said here* | the jam |  |  |  | with a scarf | tree rules |
| 2 | **stay** | present | hands |  |  |  |  | clean *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Kick the belt hard with your boot until it starts moving again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:42-olympiad-machines-at-home-and-in-the-factory:t11:o3:1
# text = Kick the belt hard with your boot until it starts moving again
1	Kick	kick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	boot	boot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
11	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	again	again	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | imperative | you *not said here* | the belt |  |  |  | with your boot; hard *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent belt=Patient with boot=Instrument |
| 2 | **start** | present | belt |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **move** | gerund | belt *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Reach in quickly while it is still running slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:42-olympiad-machines-at-home-and-in-the-factory:t11:o4:1
# text = Reach in quickly while it is still running slowly
1	Reach	reach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
9	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **run** | present · progressive | it |  |  |  | still | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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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