Exam question 2 · Safe in the kitchen

It being given that a knife is falling from a worktop, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: knife · What happens: give, fall, select, establish · To what, where: It, worktop, course

This is exam question 2 of lesson 31 «Safe in the kitchen» 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 falling	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 knife	det
6	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 falling	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 falling	aux
8	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	advcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 worktop	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 worktop	det
11	worktop	worktop	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 falling	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 select	punct
13	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 course	det
15	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 select	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 action	case
17	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 course	nmod
18	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 select	advcl:relcl
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 guidance	case
20	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 guidance	amod
21	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 consistent	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	fall	present · progressive	a knife		a worktop	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from worktop=Initial_Location
3	select	infinitive		the course of action		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme
4	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To step back and permit the knife to fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 step	mark
2	step	step	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 step	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 permit	cc
5	permit	permit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 step	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 knife	det
7	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 permit	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 fall	mark
9	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 permit	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	step back	to-infinitive		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	permit	infinitive	the knife	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme
3	fall	to-infinitive		vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

To catch the knife with a tea towel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 catch	mark
2	catch	catch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 knife	det
4	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 catch	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 towel	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 towel	det
7	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 towel	compound
8	towel	towel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 catch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	to-infinitive		the knife				with a tea towel	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme

Option 3

To place a foot beneath the knife to soften its fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 place	mark
2	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 foot	det
4	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 place	obj
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	7 knife	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 knife	det
7	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 place	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 soften	mark
9	soften	soften	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 place	acl
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 fall	nmod:poss
11	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 soften	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soften	to-infinitive		knife's fall					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fall=Patient

Option 4

To attempt to catch the knife by its handle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 attempt	mark
2	attempt	attempt	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 catch	mark
4	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 attempt	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 knife	det
6	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 catch	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 handle	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 handle	nmod:poss
9	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 catch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attempt	to-infinitive							vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	catch not said to happen	to-infinitive		the knife				by knife's handle	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme

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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