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title: walking with scissors pointing up, all good — Sharp things, small objects and little… · tree and pragmatics
description: walking with scissors pointing up, all good Test 16 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 16 · ★ · Sharp things, small objects and little ones

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walking with scissors pointing up, all good

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** scissors · **What happens:** walk, point up

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This is test 16 · ★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t16:1
# text = walking with scissors pointing up, all good
1	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	pointing	point	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	all	all	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with scissors | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **point up** | gerund | scissors *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Pointing up is safer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t16:o1:1
# text = Pointing up is safer
1	Pointing	point	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	safer	safe	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Pointing |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Carry them pointing down and closed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t16:o2:1
# text = Carry them pointing down and closed
1	Carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	pointing	point	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **point down** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **close** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wave them to show you have them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t16:o3:1
# text = Wave them to show you have them
1	Wave	wave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **have** | present | you | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Run with them so you get there faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t16:o4:1
# text = Run with them so you get there faster
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
8	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with them *= they* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with they=Material |
| 2 | **get** | present | you |  |  | there |  | fast *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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