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Test 7 · Safe in the kitchen

Mia drops a sharp knife while chopping. Her mum says "Let it go!" Why is that good advice?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia, mum, knife · What happens: drop, chop, say, let, go, be · To what, where: sharp knife, knife · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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

Sentence 1: Mia drops a sharp knife while chopping.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 drops	nsubj
2	drops	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 knife	det
4	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 knife	amod
5	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drops	obj
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 chopping	mark
7	chopping	chop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 drops	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 drops	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	present	Mia	a sharp knife					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme
2	chop	gerund	Mia not said here						vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

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.

Sentence 2: Her mum says "Let it go!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Let	punct
5	Let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 Let	obj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 Let	xcomp
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 Let	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	Mia's mum						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	let in a quote	infinitive		knife					tree rules
3	go in a quote	infinitive	knife not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: Why is that good advice?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	cop
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 advice	mark
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 advice	amod
5	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Why	advcl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						why property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A falling knife cannot hurt anyone, so it doesn't matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 knife	det
2	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 knife	amod
3	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hurt	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 hurt	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 hurt	advmod
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 hurt	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 matter	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 matter	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 matter	nsubj
11	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 matter	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 matter	advmod
13	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 hurt	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	gerund							vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not hurt	can	a falling knife	anyone					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Patient
3	not matter	present · do-support	it						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Knives always land handle first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Knives	knife	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 land	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 land	advmod
3	land	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 land	obj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 land	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	land	present	Knives	handle				always, first property	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V ADVP»: agent=Theme handle=Destination

Option 3

The floor will clean the knife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 floor	det
2	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clean	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 clean	aux
4	clean	clean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 knife	det
6	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clean	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	future	the floor	the knife					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent knife=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Catching a falling knife can cut your hand badly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Catching	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 cut	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 knife	det
3	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 knife	amod
4	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Catching	obj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 cut	aux
6	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hand	nmod:poss
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cut	obj
9	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 cut	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	gerund		a falling knife					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme
2	fall	gerund							vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	cut	can	Catching	your hand				badly property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hand=Product

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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