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title: Which habit stops the most falls in a kitchen? — Safe in the kitchen · tree and pragmatics
description: Which habit stops the most falls in a kitchen? Test 9 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 right.
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# Test 9 · Safe in the kitchen

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Which habit stops the most falls in a kitchen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** habit · **What happens:** stop · **To what, where:** falls, kitchen

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:t9:1
# text = Which habit stops the most falls in a kitchen?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	habit	habit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	falls	fall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | which habit | the falls |  | a kitchen |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality fall=Eventuality |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Wiping up spills as soon as they happen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:t9:o1:1
# text = Wiping up spills as soon as they happen
1	Wiping	wipe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	spills	spill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	happen	happen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wipe up** | gerund |  | spills |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent spill=Source |
| 2 | **happen** | present | spills *= spill* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Keeping the floor freshly mopped and wet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:t9:o2:1
# text = Keeping the floor freshly mopped and wet
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	freshly	freshly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	mopped	mop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  | the floor |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent floor=Theme |
| 2 | **mop** | past | Keeping |  |  |  |  | freshly *property* | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Leaving the oven door open

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:t9:o3:1
# text = Leaving the oven door open
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	oven	oven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | gerund |  | the oven door |  |  |  | open *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wearing socks without shoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:t9:o4:1
# text = Wearing socks without shoes
1	Wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	without	without	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | gerund |  | socks |  |  |  | without shoes | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sock=Theme |

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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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