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title: Identify the principal reason for which anything capable of passing… — Sharp things, small objects and little… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which anything capable of passing through a toilet roll tube is to be kept from children under three years of age. Exam question 1 of lesson 112 «Sharp things, small objects and little ones» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 1 · Sharp things, small objects and little ones

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Identify the principal reason for which anything capable of passing through a toilet roll tube is to be kept from children under three years of age.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, pass, keep · **To what, where:** principal reason, roll tube, anything

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 112 «Sharp things, small objects and little ones» 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/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which anything capable of passing through a toilet roll tube is to be kept from children under three years of age.
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	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	capable	capable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	_
10	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
11	through	through	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	roll	roll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	tube	tube	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
18	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
22	under	under	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	nummod	_	_
24	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	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 | **pass** | gerund |  |  |  | a roll tube |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through tube=Location |
| 3 | **keep** | present · passive | you *not said here* | anything |  |  | year | from children | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from child=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

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Such objects are invariably sharp-edged and dangerous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:e1:o1:1
# text = Such objects are invariably sharp-edged and dangerous
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	edged	edge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **edge** | present · passive |  | Such objects |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Such objects are certain to be lost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:e1:o2:1
# text = Such objects are certain to be lost
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Such objects |  |  |  |  | certain *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | to-infinitive · passive | Such objects *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Such objects are always made of glass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:e1:o3:1
# text = Such objects are always made of glass
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Such objects |  |  |  | of glass; always *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Such objects are small enough to choke them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:e1:o4:1
# text = Such objects are small enough to choke them
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	choke	choke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Such objects |  |  |  |  | enough, small *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **choke** | to-infinitive | Such objects *not said here* | objects *= object* |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Destination |

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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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