--- title: Select the response consistent with established practice for the car… — Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and need… · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with established practice for the carrying of scissors. Exam question 3 of lesson 245 «Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and needles» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and need…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and needles Select the response consistent with established practice for the carrying of scissors. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established practice · **What happens:** select, establish, carry · **To what, where:** response This is exam question 3 of lesson 245 «Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and needles» 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/245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:e3:1 # text = Select the response consistent with established practice for the carrying of scissors. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 practice practice NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 scissors scissors NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response | | | | with established practice | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 2 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **carry** | gerund | established practice *not said here* | | | | | of scissors | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent of scissors=Initial\_Location | 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} Scissors are thrown to the next person ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:e3:o1:1 # text = Scissors are thrown to the next person 1 Scissors scissors NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | present · passive | | Scissors | the next person | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme to person=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} Scissors are carried open and points up ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:e3:o2:1 # text = Scissors are carried open and points up 1 Scissors scissors NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 points point VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | present · passive | | Scissors | | | | open *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **point up** | present | | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Child safety scissors are carried points down ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:e3:o3:1 # text = Child safety scissors are carried points down 1 Child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 safety safety NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 scissors scissors NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 points point NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 down down ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | participle | | | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | safety scissors | carried points | | | | down *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Scissors are carried in the mouth ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:e3:o4:1 # text = Scissors are carried in the mouth 1 Scissors scissors NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | present · passive | | Scissors | | the mouth | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in mouth=Location | **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. 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