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title: ppl say the boy who cut his finger in the blender is "so stupid". sp… — Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer,… · tree and pragmatics
description: ppl say the boy who cut his finger in the blender is "so stupid". spread it? Test 19 · ★ of lesson 294 «Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on balconies» 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 19 · ★ · Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on b…

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ppl say the boy who cut his finger in the blender is "so stupid". spread it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ppl, boy · **What happens:** say, cut, be, spread · **To what, where:** finger, blender · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 294 «Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on balconies» 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/294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:t19:1
# text = ppl say the boy who cut his finger in the blender is "so stupid". spread it?
1	ppl	people	NOUN	NNS	Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	blender	blender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
18	spread	spread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ppl |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cut** | past | the boy | boy's finger |  | the blender |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Product |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the boy |  |  |  |  | stupid *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **spread** | infinitive | ppl *not said here* | finger |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |

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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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Yes, and tell everyone how much blood there was all over the kitchen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:t19:o1:1
# text = Yes, and tell everyone how much blood there was all over the kitchen
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	iobj	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	10	expl	_	_
10	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	all	all	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	over	over	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | much blood | everyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient blood=Topic |
| 2 | **be** | past | you *not said here* |  |  | the kitchen; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over kitchen=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, he was stupid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:t19:o2:1
# text = Yes, he was stupid
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | stupid *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, don't mock him; always unplug a blender before touching it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:t19:o3:1
# text = No, don't mock him; always unplug a blender before touching it
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	mock	mock	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	unplug	unplug	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	blender	blender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	touching	touch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mock** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **unplug** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a blender |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **touch** | gerund | you *not said here* | blender |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, it's a funny story

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:t19:o4:1
# text = Yes, it's a funny story
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a funny story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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