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description: «zip's lost a tooth, just yank it, it'll be fine» What will probably happen? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 5 «Clothes: T-shirts, jeans and trainers» 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 right.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Clothes: T-shirts, jeans and trainers

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«zip's lost a tooth, just yank it, it'll be fine» What will probably happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** lose, yank, be, happen · **To what, where:** zip, tooth · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 5 «Clothes: T-shirts, jeans and trainers» 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/5-clothes-t-shirts-jeans-and-trainers/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:5-clothes-t-shirts-jeans-and-trainers:t1:1
# text = «zip's lost a tooth, just yank it, it'll be fine» What will probably happen?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	zip	zip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	yank	yank	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
15	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	_
18	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | zip |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **yank** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | tooth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | future |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **happen** | future |  |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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It will close tighter than before

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:5-clothes-t-shirts-jeans-and-trainers:t1:o1:1
# text = It will close tighter than before
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	close	close	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	tighter	tight	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	before	before	ADV	RB	_	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | future | It |  |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, zips work just as well with a gap where a tooth used to be

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:5-clothes-t-shirts-jeans-and-trainers:t1:o2:1
# text = Nothing, zips work just as well with a gap where a tooth used to be
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	zips	zip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	4	advmod	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	fixed	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | zips |  |  |  |  | with a gap | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with gap=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **use** | participle | a tooth |  |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **be** | to-infinitive | a tooth *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The zip will slowly grow a new tooth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:5-clothes-t-shirts-jeans-and-trainers:t1:o3:1
# text = The zip will slowly grow a new tooth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	zip	zip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | future | the zip | a new tooth |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tooth=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It will keep coming apart there, because the teeth can't hook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:5-clothes-t-shirts-jeans-and-trainers:t1:o4:1
# text = It will keep coming apart there, because the teeth can't hook
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
11	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	hook	hook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | future | It |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come apart** | gerund |  |  |  | there |  | apart *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **hook** | can | the teeth |  |  |  |  |  | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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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