Test 16 · Safe in the kitchen

cutting an apple in my hand, it's quicker

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it · What happens: cut, be · To what, where: apple, hand

This is test 16 of lesson 31 «Safe in the kitchen» 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	10 quicker	csubj
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 apple	det
3	apple	apple	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	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 quicker	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 quicker	cop
10	quicker	quick	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	gerund		a apple		my hand			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset apple=Product
2	is	present	it					quick property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

Use a board and cut away from your fingers

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	3 board	det
3	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 cut	cc
5	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Use	conj
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 cut	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 fingers	case
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 fingers	nmod:poss
9	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 away	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	a board					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent board=Patient
2	cut away	infinitive	you not said here					away property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Use a blunt knife so it cannot hurt you at all

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	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 hurt	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hurt	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 hurt	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 hurt	advmod
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Use	advcl
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 hurt	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 hurt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	a blunt knife					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Patient
2	not hurt	can	knife	you		all			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Hold it tighter in your palm

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=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tighter	nsubj
3	tighter	tight	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Hold	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 palm	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 palm	nmod:poss
6	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	tighter		your palm			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tight=Theme in palm=Location

Option 4

Cut towards your thumb carefully

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	_	4 thumb	case
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 thumb	nmod:poss
4	thumb	thumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cut	obl
5	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	1 Cut	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	imperative	you not said here			your thumb		carefully property	vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards thumb=Location

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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