Test 4 · Kitchen and garden dangers
Ben reckons a sharp knife is always more dangerous than a blunt one. Right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ben, sharp knife · What happens: reckon, be
This is test 4 of lesson 15 «Kitchen and garden dangers» of the technology 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: Ben reckons a sharp knife is always more dangerous than a blunt one.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 reckons | nsubj |
| 2 | reckons | reckon | 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 | 9 dangerous | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 dangerous | cop |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 more | advmod |
| 8 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 9 dangerous | advmod |
| 9 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 reckons | ccomp |
| 10 | than | than | ADP | _ | 13 one | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 one | det |
| 12 | blunt | blunt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 one | amod |
| 13 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dangerous | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 reckons | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | present | Ben | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | a sharp knife | than a blunt one; dangerous 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.
Sentence 2: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, a blunt knife slips and can cut you more easily
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 slips | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 knife | det |
| 4 | blunt | blunt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 knife | amod |
| 5 | knife | knife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 slips | nsubj |
| 6 | slips | slip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 cut | cc |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 cut | aux |
| 9 | cut | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 slips | conj |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 cut | obj |
| 11 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 12 easily | advmod |
| 12 | easily | easily | ADV | _ | 9 cut | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slip | present | a blunt knife | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | cut | can | a blunt knife not said here | you | easily property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |
Option 2
Yes, blunt knives never cut skin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 cut | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | blunt | blunt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 knives | amod |
| 4 | knives | knife | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 cut | nsubj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 cut | advmod |
| 6 | cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cut | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not cut | present | blunt knives | skin | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material skin=Product |
Option 3
No, blunt knives can't cut anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 blunt | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | blunt | blunt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 knives | amod |
| 4 | knives | knife | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 cut | nsubj |
| 5 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 cut | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 cut | advmod |
| 7 | cut | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 cut | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not cut | can | blunt knives | anything | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material anything=Product |
Option 4
Yes, sharp knives jump by themselves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 jump | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 knives | amod |
| 4 | knives | knife | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 jump | nsubj |
| 5 | jump | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 themselves | case |
| 7 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 jump | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | present | sharp knives | by knives = knife | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by themselves=Trajectory |
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