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title: You want to cast a bigger shadow puppet on the wall. What should you… — Light, shadows and colours · tree and pragmatics
description: You want to cast a bigger shadow puppet on the wall. What should you do? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 53 «Light, shadows and colours» of the world 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 8 · ★ · Light, shadows and colours

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You want to cast a bigger shadow puppet on the wall. What should you do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You · **What happens:** want, cast, do · **To what, where:** bigger shadow puppet, wall

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 53 «Light, shadows and colours» of the world 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/world/53-light/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You want to cast a bigger shadow puppet on the wall.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:53-light:t8:1
# text = You want to cast a bigger shadow puppet on the wall.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	cast	cast	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
7	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	puppet	puppet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **cast** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | a bigger shadow puppet |  | the wall |  |  | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent puppet=Theme on wall=Destination |

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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 you do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:53-light:t8:2
# text = What should you do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Use a dimmer lamp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:53-light:t8:o1:1
# text = Use a dimmer lamp
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	dimmer	dimmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a dimmer lamp |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Move the puppet nearer to the lamp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:53-light:t8:o2:1
# text = Move the puppet nearer to the lamp
1	Move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	puppet	puppet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	nearer	near	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | imperative | you *not said here* | the puppet |  | the lamp |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent puppet=Theme to lamp=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Use a clear plastic puppet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:53-light:t8:o3:1
# text = Use a clear plastic puppet
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	puppet	puppet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a clear plastic puppet |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puppet=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Move the puppet nearer to the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:53-light:t8:o4:1
# text = Move the puppet nearer to the wall
1	Move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	puppet	puppet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	nearer	near	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | imperative | you *not said here* | the puppet |  | the wall |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent puppet=Theme to wall=Trajectory |

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