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title: my cousin says Amy slammed the door on her sister's fingers n the fi… — Baths, water at home and doors · tree and pragmatics
description: my cousin says Amy slammed the door on her sister's fingers n the finger came right off n they sewed it back on. what's the real lesson Test 18 · ★ of lesson 109 «Baths, water at home and doors» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 18 · ★ · Baths, water at home and doors

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
my cousin says Amy slammed the door on her sister's fingers n the finger came right off n they sewed it back on. what's the real lesson

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, Amy, fingers, finger · **What happens:** say, slam, n, come, sew, be · **To what, where:** door, real lesson · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 109 «Baths, water at home and doors» 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/109-baths-water-and-doors/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:t18:1
# text = my cousin says Amy slammed the door on her sister's fingers n the finger came right off n they sewed it back on. what's the real lesson
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Amy	Amy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	slammed	slam	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	n	n	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	_
17	right	right	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	off	off	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
19	n	n	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
20	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	sewed	sew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	back	back	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	on	on	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
26	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	30	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **slam** | past | Amy | the door |  |  |  |  | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient |
| 3 | **n** | present | Amy's sister's fingers |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **come** | past | the finger |  |  |  |  | off *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **sew** | past | fingers *= finger* | door |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |
| 6 | **is a** | present |  | the real lesson |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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Only glass doors can hurt fingers when shut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:t18:o1:1
# text = Only glass doors can hurt fingers when shut
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	shut	shut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | can | glass doors | fingers |  |  |  | shut *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer finger=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Slam doors fast so fingers have no time to get caught

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:t18:o2:1
# text = Slam doors fast so fingers have no time to get caught
1	Slam	slam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Slam doors |  |  |  | time | fast *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **catch** | to-infinitive · passive | Slam doors *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Close doors gently and check around the hinge side first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:t18:o3:1
# text = Close doors gently and check around the hinge side first
1	Close	close	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	around	around	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	hinge	hinge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | imperative | you *not said here* | doors |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient |
| 2 | **check** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | the hinge side |  | first *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent around side=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Doors are only dangerous when they are locked and someone pushes them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:t18:o4:1
# text = Doors are only dangerous when they are locked and someone pushes them
1	Doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	nsubj	_	_
11	pushes	push	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Doors |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lock** | present · passive |  | Doors *= door* |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **push** | present | someone | Doors *= door* |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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