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# Test 1 · ★ · Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel…

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A boy reaches into a food processor to free a stuck carrot. The machine is off but still plugged in. What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, machine · **What happens:** reach, be, plug in · **To what, where:** food processor

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 322 «Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel plugs, balconies, toddlers, medicines, fire and fireworks» 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/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy reaches into a food processor to free a stuck carrot.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t1:1
# text = A boy reaches into a food processor to free a stuck carrot.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reaches	reach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	processor	processor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	carrot	carrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | present | a boy |  |  | a food processor |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent into processor=Path |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* The machine is off but still plugged in.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t1:2
# text = The machine is off but still plugged in.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	off	off	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	plugged	plug	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the machine |  |  |  |  | off *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **plug in** | participle | the machine *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t1:3
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is safe if he uses his left hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t1:o1:1
# text = It is safe if he uses his left hand
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | he | his left hand |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It could start again; he must unplug it first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t1:o2:1
# text = It could start again; he must unplug it first
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	unplug	unplug	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | could | It |  |  |  | again |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **unplug** | must | he | it |  |  |  | first *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is safe because the switch is off and the blades are still

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t1:o3:1
# text = It is safe because the switch is off and the blades are still
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	switch	switch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	off	off	ADV	RB	_	3	advcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	blades	blade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
13	still	still	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  | still | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the switch |  |  |  |  | off *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is safe if he is quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t1:o4:1
# text = It is safe if he is quick
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | he |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |

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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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