--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire an… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the correct manner of carrying scissors? Exam question 1 of lesson 295 «Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the correct manner of carrying scissors? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** correct manner · **What happens:** follow, characteris, carry · **To what, where:** correct manner, scissors This is exam question 1 of lesson 295 «Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the correct manner of carrying scissors? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 of of SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 14 scissors scissors NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the correct manner | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **carry** | gerund | the correct manner *not said here* | scissors | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scissors=Theme | 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} Open and pointing forwards ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp:e1:o1:1 # text = Open and pointing forwards 1 Open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 pointing point VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 4 forwards forward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **point** | gerund | | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Thrown gently to the recipient across the table ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp:e1:o2:1 # text = Thrown gently to the recipient across the table 1 Thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 gently gently ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 recipient recipient NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 across across ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | participle | | | | the table | | to the recipient; gently *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent to recipient=Destination | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Closed and pointing downwards, passed handle first ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp:e1:o3:1 # text = Closed and pointing downwards, passed handle first 1 Closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 pointing point VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 4 downwards downwards ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 7 handle handle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **close** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **point** | gerund | | | | | | downwards *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pass** | participle | | handle | | | | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme handle=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} Held by the blades ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp:e1:o4:1 # text = Held by the blades 1 Held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 blades blade NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | participle | | | | | | by the blades | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by blade=Location | **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. 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