Test 18 · Safe in the kitchen

my mate says if u drop a knife u gotta catch it quick before it hits ur foot

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, u · What happens: say, drop, catch, hit · To what, where: knife, foot · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 drop	mark
5	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 drop	nsubj
6	drop	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 knife	det
8	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drop	obj
9	u	u	X	_	6 drop	obj
10	gotta	gotta	PART	_	11 catch	mark
11	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 drop	advcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 catch	obj
13	quick	quick	ADV	_	11 catch	advmod
14	before	before	SCONJ	_	16 hits	mark
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 hits	nsubj
16	hits	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 catch	advcl
17	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 foot	nmod:poss
18	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hits	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	drop a condition, not said to happen	present	u	a knife		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme u=Destination
3	catch	infinitive	u not said here	knife	quick property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	hit	present	mate	ur's foot		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme foot=Co-Theme

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

He is right, but only for big knives

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 knives	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 knives	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 knives	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 knives	case
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 knives	amod
9	knives	knife	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 right	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					for big knives; right property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Wrong; step back and let a falling knife drop, never try to catch it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 step	advcl
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 step	punct
3	step	step	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 step	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 let	cc
6	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 step	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 drop	det
8	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 drop	amod
9	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drop	compound
10	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 try	punct
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 try	advmod
13	try	try	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 step	parataxis
14	to	to	PART	_	15 catch	mark
15	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 try	xcomp
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 catch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	step back	imperative	you not said here		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	let	infinitive	you not said here	a falling knife drop	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drop=Theme
3	fall	gerund			vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	not try	infinitive			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	catch not said to happen	to-infinitive		drop	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

He is right, if you catch it by the handle and not by the sharp blade

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 catch	punct
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 catch	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 catch	nsubj
7	catch	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 catch	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 handle	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 handle	det
11	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 catch	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 blade	cc
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 blade	advmod
14	by	by	ADP	_	17 blade	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 blade	det
16	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 blade	amod
17	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 handle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	catch a condition, not said to happen	present	you	it				by the handle and the sharp blade	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

He is right, quick hands stop accidents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stop	punct
5	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hands	amod
6	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stop	nsubj
7	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
8	accidents	accident	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	stop	present	quick hands	accidents					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality accident=Eventuality

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