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title: Identify the proper manner in which scissors are carried and passed. — Balconies, blades, batteries and stran… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the proper manner in which scissors are carried and passed. Exam question 1 of lesson 218 «Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles» 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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# Exam question 1 · Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles

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Identify the proper manner in which scissors are carried and passed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, carry, pass · **To what, where:** proper manner, scissors

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 218 «Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles:e1:1
# text = Identify the proper manner in which scissors are carried and passed.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the proper manner |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 2 | **carry** | present · passive |  | scissors |  | the proper manner |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in which=Location |
| 3 | **pass** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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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Thrown gently to the recipient

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles:e1:o1:1
# text = Thrown gently to the recipient
1	Thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	recipient	recipient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | participle |  |  |  | the recipient |  | gently *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent to recipient=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Carried open in a pocket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles:e1:o2:1
# text = Carried open in a pocket
1	Carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | participle |  |  |  | a pocket |  | open *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in pocket=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Closed, points downward, and passed handle first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles:e1:o3:1
# text = Closed, points downward, and passed handle first
1	Closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	points	point	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	downward	downward	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
8	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **point** | present |  |  |  |  |  | downward *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pass** | participle |  | handle |  |  |  | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme handle=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Open, points forward, and passed to the other blade first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles:e1:o4:1
# text = Open, points forward, and passed to the other blade first
1	Open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	points	point	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point** | present |  |  |  |  |  | forward *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pass** | participle |  |  |  | the other blade |  | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to blade=Initial\_Location |

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