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title: can i reach in the washing up bowl, theres a knife in there somewhere — Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and… · tree and pragmatics
description: can i reach in the washing up bowl, theres a knife in there somewhere Test 10 · ★ of lesson 217 «Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors» 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 10 · ★ · Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors

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can i reach in the washing up bowl, theres a knife in there somewhere

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** reach up · **To what, where:** bowl, washing

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 217 «Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs 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/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:t10:1
# text = can i reach in the washing up bowl, theres a knife in there somewhere
1	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	washing	washing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
8	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	theres	there	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	_
15	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach up** | can | i | bowl and theres |  | the washing |  | somewhere *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent bowl=Beneficiary knife=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, a hidden knife can cut you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:t10:o1:1
# text = No, a hidden knife can cut you
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | can | a hidden knife | you |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if the water is hot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:t10:o2:1
# text = Yes, if the water is hot
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the water |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, knives are blunt in water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:t10:o3:1
# text = Yes, knives are blunt in water
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	knives	knife	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	blunt	blunt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | knives |  |  | water |  | blunt *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, feel around carefully

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:t10:o4:1
# text = Yes, feel around carefully
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	feel	feel	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	around	around	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel around** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | around, carefully *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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