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title: cut raw chicken on the board, now gonna chop the salad on it — Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast · tree and pragmatics
description: cut raw chicken on the board, now gonna chop the salad on it Test 16 of lesson 38 «Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast» 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 · Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast

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cut raw chicken on the board, now gonna chop the salad on it

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** cut, chop · **To what, where:** raw chicken, board, salad

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This is test 16 of lesson 38 «Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast» 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/38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t16:1
# text = cut raw chicken on the board, now gonna chop the salad on it
1	cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	raw	raw	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
9	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	dep	_	_
10	chop	chop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	salad	salad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | imperative | you *not said here* | raw chicken |  | the board |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset chicken=Product |
| 2 | **chop** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the salad |  | salad | now |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent salad=Patient on it=Location |

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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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Just chop the salad quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t16:o1:1
# text = Just chop the salad quickly
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	chop	chop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	salad	salad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop** | imperative | you *not said here* | the salad |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salad=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Turn the board over and use the other side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t16:o2:1
# text = Turn the board over and use the other side
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn over** | imperative | you *not said here* | the board |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent board=Theme |
| 2 | **use** | present | you *not said here* | the other side |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wipe it with a dry cloth first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t16:o3:1
# text = Wipe it with a dry cloth first
1	Wipe	wipe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wipe** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | with a dry cloth; first *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Wash the board well or use another one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t16:o4:1
# text = Wash the board well or use another one
1	Wash	wash	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | imperative | you *not said here* | the board |  |  |  | well *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent board=Patient |
| 2 | **use** | infinitive | you *not said here* | another one |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

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