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title: cutting an apple in my hand, it's quicker — Safe in the kitchen · tree and pragmatics
description: cutting an apple in my hand, it's quicker Test 16 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; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 16 · Safe in the kitchen

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cutting an apple in my hand, it's quicker

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** cut, be · **To what, where:** apple, hand

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This is test 16 of lesson 31 «Safe in the kitchen» 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/31-kitchen-safety/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:t16:1
# text = cutting an apple in my hand, it's quicker
1	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	quicker	quick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | gerund |  | a apple |  | my hand |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset apple=Product |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Use a board and cut away from your fingers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:t16:o1:1
# text = Use a board and cut away from your fingers
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a board |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent board=Patient |
| 2 | **cut away** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Use a blunt knife so it cannot hurt you at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:t16:o2:1
# text = Use a blunt knife so it cannot hurt you at all
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	blunt	blunt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a blunt knife |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **hurt** | can | knife | you |  | all |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Hold it tighter in your palm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:t16:o3:1
# text = Hold it tighter in your palm
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tighter	tight	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	palm	palm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | tighter |  | your palm |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tight=Theme in palm=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cut towards your thumb carefully

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:t16:o4:1
# text = Cut towards your thumb carefully
1	Cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	thumb	thumb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | your thumb |  | carefully *property* | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards thumb=Location |

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