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description: Identify the principal reason for which a blunt knife is considered more hazardous than a sharp one. Exam question 1 of lesson 105 «Knives, kitchen tools and cooking» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Exam question 1 · Knives, kitchen tools and cooking

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Identify the principal reason for which a blunt knife is considered more hazardous than a sharp one.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, consider · **To what, where:** principal reason, blunt knife

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 105 «Knives, kitchen tools and cooking» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a blunt knife is considered more hazardous than a sharp one.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	blunt	blunt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	considered	consider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
12	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	13	advmod	_	_
13	hazardous	hazardous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
14	than	than	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **consider** | present · passive |  | a blunt knife |  |  |  | for the principal reason; than a sharp one; hazardous *property* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is heavier and is therefore more likely to be dropped

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking:e1:o1:1
# text = It is heavier and is therefore more likely to be dropped
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | heavy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **drop** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It conveys germs more readily than a sharp blade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking:e1:o2:1
# text = It conveys germs more readily than a sharp blade
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	conveys	convey	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	readily	readily	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convey** | present | It | germs |  |  |  | readily *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent germ=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It cannot be used upon a chopping board at all without damaging the board

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking:e1:o3:1
# text = It cannot be used upon a chopping board at all without damaging the board
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	chopping	chopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nmod	_	_
12	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	damaging	damage	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **use** | can · passive |  | It |  |  |  | upon a chopping board at all | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **damage** | gerund |  | the board |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent board=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It requires greater force and is therefore liable to slip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking:e1:o4:1
# text = It requires greater force and is therefore liable to slip
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	liable	liable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	slip	slip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | It | greater force |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme force=Precondition |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | liable, therefore *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **slip** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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**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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