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title: cutting grapes for my lil sister, why lengthways — Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, slee… · tree and pragmatics
description: cutting grapes for my lil sister, why lengthways Test 14 · ★ of lesson 289 «Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food» 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 14 · ★ · Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food

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cutting grapes for my lil sister, why lengthways

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** cut · **To what, where:** grapes

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This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 289 «Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food» 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/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food:t14:1
# text = cutting grapes for my lil sister, why lengthways
1	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	grapes	grape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	lil	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	1	advmod	_	_
9	lengthways	lengthways	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | gerund |  | grapes |  |  |  | for my lil sister; lengthways *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent grape=Material for sister=Beneficiary |

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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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They taste sweeter and juicier cut that way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food:t14:o1:1
# text = They taste sweeter and juicier cut that way
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	taste	taste	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sweeter	sweet	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	juicier	juicy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	conj	_	_
6	cut	cut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **taste** | present | They | sweeter cut |  |  |  | that way *obl:unmarked* | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme cut=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So they fit on the plate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food:t14:o2:1
# text = So they fit on the plate
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fit	fit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	plate	plate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | they |  |  | the plate |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent on plate=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It makes them last longer in the lunchbox and the fridge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food:t14:o3:1
# text = It makes them last longer in the lunchbox and the fridge
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	last	last	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lunchbox	lunchbox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fridge	fridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **last** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  | the lunchbox and the fridge |  | long *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Small round food can block a small child's airway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food:t14:o4:1
# text = Small round food can block a small child's airway
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	block	block	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	airway	airway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | can | Small round food | a small child's airway |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer airway=Theme |

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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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