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title: Why should a step stool be used rather than a swivel chair, a turnin… — Knives, kitchen tools and cooking · tree and pragmatics
description: Why should a step stool be used rather than a swivel chair, a turning chair on wheels? Test 4 · ★ 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 choice was right.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Knives, kitchen tools and cooking

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Why should a step stool be used rather than a swivel chair, a turning chair on wheels?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** use, turn · **To what, where:** step stool

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 105 «Knives, kitchen tools and cooking» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking:t4:1
# text = Why should a step stool be used rather than a swivel chair, a turning chair on wheels?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	stool	stool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	12	cc	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	swivel	swivel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	amod	_	_
16	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | should · passive |  | a step stool |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **turn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A chair with wheels can roll away and make you fall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking:t4:o1:1
# text = A chair with wheels can roll away and make you fall
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	roll	roll	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll away** | can | a chair with wheels |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | infinitive | a chair with wheels *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fall** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Chairs are not strong enough for anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking:t4:o2:1
# text = Chairs are not strong enough for anyone
1	Chairs	chair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Chairs |  |  |  |  | for anyone; enough, strong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Step stools are always taller and stronger than any chair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking:t4:o3:1
# text = Step stools are always taller and stronger than any chair
1	Step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	stools	stool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	taller	tall	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	conj	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Step stools |  |  |  |  | than any chair; always, tall *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Step stools *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Chairs scratch the kitchen floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking:t4:o4:1
# text = Chairs scratch the kitchen floor
1	Chairs	chair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	scratch	scratch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scratch** | present | Chairs | the kitchen floor |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent floor=Theme |

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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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