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title: Jack's mum left scissors out n his baby sis cut her lip, everyone sa… — Sharp things, small objects and little… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jack's mum left scissors out n his baby sis cut her lip, everyone says his mum's useless. pass it on? Test 19 · ★ 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; M
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# Test 19 · ★ · Sharp things, small objects and little ones

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Jack's mum left scissors out n his baby sis cut her lip, everyone says his mum's useless. pass it on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, baby sis, everyone · **What happens:** leave out, cut, say, pass on · **To what, where:** scissors, lip · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★ 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/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t19:1
# text = Jack's mum left scissors out n his baby sis cut her lip, everyone says his mum's useless. pass it on?
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	n	n	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	sis	sis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	lip	lip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	16	nsubj	_	_
16	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	useless	useless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
22	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	ccomp	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
24	on	on	ADP	RP	_	22	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave out** | past | Jack's mum | scissors |  |  |  | out *property* | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scissors=Theme |
| 2 | **cut** | past | Jack's baby sis | sis's lip |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset lip=Product |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **pass on** | infinitive |  | lip |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 {#o1}

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Yes, people should know she is a bad mum who does not look after her kids

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t19:o1:1
# text = Yes, people should know she is a bad mum who does not look after her kids
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
12	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl:relcl	_	_
15	after	after	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | should | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | present | she | a bad mum |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **look** | present · do-support | a bad mum |  |  |  | after her kids |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it is unkind; just keep sharp things out of reach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t19:o2:1
# text = No, it is unkind; just keep sharp things out of reach
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	reach	reach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | unkind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive |  | sharp things |  | reach |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent thing=Theme out reach=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it is true so it is fine to tell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t19:o3:1
# text = Yes, it is true so it is fine to tell
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	expl	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	csubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only in the class group chat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t19:o4:1
# text = Yes, but only in the class group chat
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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