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title: pass me the scissors — Sharp things, small objects and little… · tree and pragmatics
description: pass me the scissors Test 13 · ★ of lesson 112 «Sharp things, small objects and little ones» 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 wrong.
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# Test 13 · ★ · Sharp things, small objects and little ones

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pass me the scissors

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** pass · **To what, where:** scissors, me

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 112 «Sharp things, small objects and little ones» 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/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t13:1
# text = pass me the scissors
1	pass	pass	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | imperative | you *not said here* | the scissors | me |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient scissors=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 {#o1}

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Slide them over with the blades out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t13:o1:1
# text = Slide them over with the blades out
1	Slide	slide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	blades	blade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slide over** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | with the blades; out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Pass them open, points first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t13:o2:1
# text = Pass them open, points first
1	Pass	pass	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | points *obl*; first, open *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Hand them over closed, handle first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t13:o3:1
# text = Hand them over closed, handle first
1	Hand	hand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	over	over	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	handle	handle	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **close** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **handle** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Throw them over gently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t13:o4:1
# text = Throw them over gently
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw over** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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