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title: Which kitchen job is fine for a child to do alone? — Being kind to yourself, money, screens… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which kitchen job is fine for a child to do alone? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 293 «Being kind to yourself, money, screens and fair play» 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 4 · ★ · Being kind to yourself, money, screens and fair play

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Which kitchen job is fine for a child to do alone?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kitchen job · **What happens:** be, do

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 293 «Being kind to yourself, money, screens and fair play» 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/293-being-kind-to-yourself-money-screens-and-fair-play/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:293-being-kind-to-yourself-money-screens-and-fair-play:t4:1
# text = Which kitchen job is fine for a child to do alone?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
11	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | kitchen job |  |  |  |  | for a child; fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | kitchen job *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Drying plastic cups and plates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:293-being-kind-to-yourself-money-screens-and-fair-play:t4:o1:1
# text = Drying plastic cups and plates
1	Drying	dry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cups	cup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | gerund |  | plastic cups and plates |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient cup=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Draining a pan of boiling pasta

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:293-being-kind-to-yourself-money-screens-and-fair-play:t4:o2:1
# text = Draining a pan of boiling pasta
1	Draining	drain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	boiling	boiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	pasta	pasta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drain** | gerund |  | a pan of boiling pasta |  |  |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent pan=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Washing the sharp carving knife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:293-being-kind-to-yourself-money-screens-and-fair-play:t4:o3:1
# text = Washing the sharp carving knife
1	Washing	wash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	carving	carving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | gerund |  | the sharp carving knife |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pouring boiling water into a sink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:293-being-kind-to-yourself-money-screens-and-fair-play:t4:o4:1
# text = Pouring boiling water into a sink
1	Pouring	pour	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	boiling	boil	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sink	sink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | gerund |  | boiling water |  | a sink |  |  | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme into sink=Destination |
| 2 | **boil** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: 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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