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title: Which is the safe way to clear a blocked food processor? — Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is the safe way to clear a blocked food processor? Test 2 · ★ 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 2 · ★ · Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors

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Which is the safe way to clear a blocked food processor?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, clear, block · **To what, where:** safe way, blocked food processor

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:t2:1
# text = Which is the safe way to clear a blocked food processor?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	clear	clear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	blocked	block	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	processor	processor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the safe way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **clear** | to-infinitive |  | a blocked food processor |  |  |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent processor=Source |
| 3 | **block** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

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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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Turn it off, unplug it, then use a spatula

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:t2:o1:1
# text = Turn it off, unplug it, then use a spatula
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	unplug	unplug	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	spatula	spatula	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn off** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **unplug** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **use** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a spatula |  |  | then |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spatula=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Push food down with your fingers while it runs slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:t2:o2:1
# text = Push food down with your fingers while it runs slowly
1	Push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
10	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push down** | imperative | you *not said here* | food |  |  |  | with your fingers | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |
| 2 | **run** | present | food |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Leave it plugged in but switched off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:t2:o3:1
# text = Leave it plugged in but switched off
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	plugged	plug	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	switched	switch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **plug in** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **switch off** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Reach in quickly between pulses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:t2:o4:1
# text = Reach in quickly between pulses
1	Reach	reach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	pulses	pulse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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