Test 14 · ★ · Knives, kitchen tools and cooking

cutting a bagel in my hand, quick way

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: cut · To what, where: bagel, hand

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 105 «Knives, kitchen tools and cooking» of the everyday 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cutting	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 way	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bagel	det
3	bagel	bagel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 cutting	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 hand	case
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hand	nmod:poss
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 cutting	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 cutting	punct
8	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 way	amod
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	gerund		a bagel		my hand			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bagel=Product

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

Cut towards you, it gives you more control

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	towards	towards	ADP	_	3 you	case
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	1 Cut	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 gives	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gives	nsubj
6	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Cut	parataxis
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 gives	iobj
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 control	amod
9	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	imperative	you not said here					towards you	vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards you=Location
2	give	present	it	more control	you				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient control=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, put it flat on a board and cut away from your fingers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 put	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 put	obj
5	flat	flat	ADV	_	3 put	advmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 board	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 board	det
8	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 put	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cut	cc
10	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 put	conj
11	away	away	ADV	_	10 cut	advmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 fingers	case
13	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 fingers	nmod:poss
14	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 away	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	it		a board		flat property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on board=Destination
2	cut away	infinitive	you not said here					away property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Hold it tighter in your hand so it doesn't slip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hold	obj
3	tighter	tight	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Hold	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 hand	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hand	nmod:poss
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obl
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 slip	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 slip	nsubj
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 slip	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 slip	advmod
11	slip	slip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hold	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	it		your hand		tight property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in hand=Location
2	not slip	present · do-support	hand						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 4

Use a blunt knife in your hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 knife	det
3	blunt	blunt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 knife	amod
4	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 hand	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hand	nmod:poss
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obl

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

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