---
title: It being given that a knife is falling from a worktop, select the co… — Safe in the kitchen · tree and pragmatics
description: It being given that a knife is falling from a worktop, select the course of action consistent with established guidance. Exam question 2 of lesson 31 «Safe in the kitchen» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/31-kitchen-safety/e2/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Safe in the kitchen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/31-kitchen-safety/) / e2

# Exam question 2 · Safe in the kitchen

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It being given that a knife is falling from a worktop, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** knife · **What happens:** give, fall, select, establish · **To what, where:** It, worktop, course

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 2 of lesson 31 «Safe in the kitchen» 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/31-kitchen-safety/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:e2:1
# text = It being given that a knife is falling from a worktop, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	worktop	worktop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	select	select	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	advcl:relcl	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	amod	_	_
21	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **fall** | present · progressive | a knife |  |  | a worktop |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from worktop=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **select** | infinitive |  | the course of action |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 4 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To step back and permit the knife to fall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:e2:o1:1
# text = To step back and permit the knife to fall
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	step	step	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	permit	permit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step back** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **permit** | infinitive |  | the knife |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme |
| 3 | **fall** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To catch the knife with a tea towel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:e2:o2:1
# text = To catch the knife with a tea towel
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	catch	catch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	towel	towel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | to-infinitive |  | the knife |  |  |  | with a tea towel | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To place a foot beneath the knife to soften its fall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:e2:o3:1
# text = To place a foot beneath the knife to soften its fall
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	soften	soften	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soften** | to-infinitive |  | knife's fall |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fall=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To attempt to catch the knife by its handle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:e2:o4:1
# text = To attempt to catch the knife by its handle
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	attempt	attempt	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attempt** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **catch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the knife |  |  |  | by knife's handle | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Safe in the kitchen, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/31-kitchen-safety/e1/)
- next →: [Safe in the kitchen, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/31-kitchen-safety/e3/)
- ↑ back to [Safe in the kitchen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/31-kitchen-safety/)