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description: A boy in Leeds runs across the art room holding open scissors with the points up. What could happen? Test 1 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 ch
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# Test 1 · Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and needles

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A boy in Leeds runs across the art room holding open scissors with the points up. What could happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** run, hold up, happen · **To what, where:** art room, open scissors

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This is test 1 of lesson 245 «Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and needles» 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/245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Leeds runs across the art room holding open scissors with the points up.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t1:1
# text = A boy in Leeds runs across the art room holding open scissors with the points up.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	across	across	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
11	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | a boy in Leeds |  |  | the art room |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across room=Trajectory |
| 2 | **hold up** | gerund | a boy in Leeds *not said here* | open scissors |  |  |  | with the points | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent scissors=Theme with point=Instrument |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What could happen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t1:2
# text = What could happen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | could |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, because child scissors can never hurt anyone at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t1:o1:1
# text = Nothing, because child scissors can never hurt anyone at all
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hurt** | can | child scissors | anyone |  | all |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He could trip and stab himself or someone else

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t1:o2:1
# text = He could trip and stab himself or someone else
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	trip	trip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	stab	stab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	conj	_	_
9	else	else	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trip** | could | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stab** | infinitive | He *not said here* | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His teacher would give him a prize for being so quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t1:o3:1
# text = His teacher would give him a prize for being so quick
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	cop	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | would | His teacher | a prize | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient prize=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The scissors would become blunt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t1:o4:1
# text = The scissors would become blunt
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	blunt	blunt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | would | the scissors |  |  |  |  | blunt *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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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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