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title: apparently a girl tripped running with scissors and they went right… — Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and need… · tree and pragmatics
description: apparently a girl tripped running with scissors and they went right into her leg. what's the true lesson? Test 17 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; Mov
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# Test 17 · Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and needles

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apparently a girl tripped running with scissors and they went right into her leg. what's the true lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, scissors, true lesson · **What happens:** trip, run, go, be · **To what, where:** leg

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This is test 17 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t17:1
# text = apparently a girl tripped running with scissors and they went right into her leg. what's the true lesson?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tripped	trip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	right	right	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trip** | past | a girl |  |  |  |  | apparently *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | gerund | a girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with scissors | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with scissors=Material |
| 3 | **go** | past | scissors |  |  | girl's leg |  | right *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into leg=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **is a** | present | the true lesson |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Only the big scissors are dangerous, not school ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t17:o1:1
# text = Only the big scissors are dangerous, not school ones
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the big scissors |  |  |  |  | school ones *obl*; dangerous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Run with scissors closed and it's totally fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t17:o2:1
# text = Run with scissors closed and it's totally fine
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with scissors | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **close** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fine, totally *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Walk with scissors, points down, never run

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t17:o3:1
# text = Walk with scissors, points down, never run
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	down	down	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with scissors and points; down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **run** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Carry them with the points up instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint:t17:o4:1
# text = Carry them with the points up instead
1	Carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry up** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | with the points; instead *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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