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title: Which is the safe way to help with making dinner? — Marks, group work, help at school and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is the safe way to help with making dinner? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 307 «Marks, group work, help at school and learning new skills» 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 wrong.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Marks, group work, help at school and learning new skills

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which is the safe way to help with making dinner?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, help, make · **To what, where:** safe way, dinner

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 307 «Marks, group work, help at school and learning new skills» 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/307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t7:1
# text = Which is the safe way to help with making dinner?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the safe way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **make** | gerund |  | dinner |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dinner=Product |

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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 {#o1}

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Test whether the pan is hot by touching it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t7:o1:1
# text = Test whether the pan is hot by touching it
1	Test	test	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	touching	touch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the pan |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **touch** | gerund | the pan *not said here* | pan |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Carry boiling water across the kitchen by yourself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t7:o2:1
# text = Carry boiling water across the kitchen by yourself
1	Carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	boiling	boil	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	across	across	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | imperative | you *not said here* | boiling water |  | the kitchen |  | by yourself | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
| 2 | **boil** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Work with an adult and keep away from hot pans and sharp knives unless shown how

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t7:o3:1
# text = Work with an adult and keep away from hot pans and sharp knives unless shown how
1	Work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	pans	pan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	knives	knife	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
14	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
16	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep away** | infinitive | Work with a adult |  |  | hot pans and sharp knives |  | away *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from pan=Eventuality |
| 2 | **show** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | Work with a adult *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Light the cooker on your own while your parents are out, so dinner is ready when they get home

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills:t7:o4:1
# text = Light the cooker on your own while your parents are out, so dinner is ready when they get home
1	Light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cooker	cooker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	out	out	ADV	RB	_	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
17	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
20	home	home	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | your parents |  |  |  |  | out *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | dinner |  |  |  |  | ready *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** | present | parents *= parent* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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