Exam question 1 · Knives, kitchen tools and cooking

Identify the principal reason for which a blunt knife is considered more hazardous than a sharp one.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, consider · To what, where: principal reason, blunt knife

This is exam question 1 of lesson 105 «Knives, kitchen tools and cooking» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 considered	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 knife	det
8	blunt	blunt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 knife	amod
9	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 considered	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 considered	aux:pass
11	considered	consider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
12	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 hazardous	advmod
13	hazardous	hazardous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 considered	xcomp
14	than	than	ADP	_	17 one	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 one	det
16	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 one	amod
17	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 considered	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	consider	present · passive		a blunt knife				for the principal reason; than a sharp one; hazardous property	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute

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

Option 1

It is heavier and is therefore more likely to be dropped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 heavier	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 heavier	cop
3	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 likely	cc
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 likely	cop
6	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	7 more	advmod
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 likely	advmod
8	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 heavier	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	11 dropped	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 dropped	aux:pass
11	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 likely	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	It	heavy property	tree rules
2	is	present		likely property	tree rules
3	drop	to-infinitive · passive			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»

Option 2

It conveys germs more readily than a sharp blade

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 conveys	nsubj
2	conveys	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 conveys	obj
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 readily	advmod
5	readily	readily	ADV	_	2 conveys	advmod
6	than	than	ADP	_	9 blade	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 blade	det
8	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 blade	amod
9	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 readily	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present	It	germs				readily property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent germ=Topic

Option 3

It cannot be used upon a chopping board at all without damaging the board

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 used	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 used	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 used	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 used	aux:pass
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 board	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 board	det
8	chopping	chopping	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 board	compound
9	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 used	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 board	nmod
12	without	without	SCONJ	_	13 damaging	mark
13	damaging	damage	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 used	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 board	det
15	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 damaging	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not use	can · passive		It				upon a chopping board at all	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	damage	gerund		the board					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent board=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It requires greater force and is therefore liable to slip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 force	amod
4	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 liable	cc
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 liable	cop
7	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	8 liable	advmod
8	liable	liable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 requires	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 slip	mark
10	slip	slip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 liable	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	greater force		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme force=Precondition
2	is	present			liable, therefore property	tree rules
3	slip	to-infinitive				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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