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description: «sewing machine works like my hands tying knots, just faster» What is right? Test 7 · ★ 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 7 · ★ · Clothes: T-shirts, jeans and trainers

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«sewing machine works like my hands tying knots, just faster» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sewing machine, hands · **What happens:** work, tie, be · **To what, where:** knots

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:5-clothes-t-shirts-jeans-and-trainers:t7:1
# text = «sewing machine works like my hands tying knots, just faster» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	sewing	sewing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	tying	tie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	knots	knot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** *in a quote* | present | sewing machine |  |  |  |  | like my hands; fast *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tie** *in a quote* | gerund | my hands *not said here* | knots |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knot=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, it has little metal fingers inside that tie a knot each time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:5-clothes-t-shirts-jeans-and-trainers:t7:o1:1
# text = Yes, it has little metal fingers inside that tie a knot each time
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	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nmod	_	_
10	tie	tie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	knot	knot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tie** | present | little metal fingers inside that | a knot |  |  | time |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knot=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, it glues the cloth together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:5-clothes-t-shirts-jeans-and-trainers:t7:o2:1
# text = No, it glues the cloth together
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	glues	glue	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	together	together	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glue** | present | it | the cloth |  |  |  | together *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloth=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, a hook below loops the top thread round a second thread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:5-clothes-t-shirts-jeans-and-trainers:t7:o3:1
# text = No, a hook below loops the top thread round a second thread
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hook	hook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	below	below	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	loops	loop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	top	top	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	round	round	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
13	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **loop** | present | a hook | the top thread |  | a second thread |  |  | vn coil-9.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent thread=Theme round thread=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but it ties only one big knot at the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:5-clothes-t-shirts-jeans-and-trainers:t7:o4:1
# text = Yes, but it ties only one big knot at the end
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ties	tie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	knot	knot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | present | it | one big knot |  |  | at the end |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knot=Patient |

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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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