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description: Identify the principal reason for which grapes are cut lengthways for small children. Exam question 4 of lesson 81 «Food, drinks and feeling ill» 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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# Exam question 4 · Food, drinks and feeling ill

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Identify the principal reason for which grapes are cut lengthways for small children.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, cut · **To what, where:** principal reason, grapes

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 81 «Food, drinks and feeling ill» 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/81-food-drinks-and-feeling-ill/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:81-food-drinks-and-feeling-ill:e4:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which grapes are cut lengthways for small children.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	grapes	grape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	lengthways	lengthways	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **cut** | present · passive |  | grapes |  |  |  | for the principal reason; for small children; lengthways *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Material for which=Beneficiary |

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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 {#o1}

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Whole grapes are too sour for small children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:81-food-drinks-and-feeling-ill:e4:o1:1
# text = Whole grapes are too sour for small children
1	Whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	grapes	grape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sour	sour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Whole grapes |  |  |  |  | for small children; sour *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Small children cannot digest grape skins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:81-food-drinks-and-feeling-ill:e4:o2:1
# text = Small children cannot digest grape skins
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	digest	digest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	grape	grape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	skins	skin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **digest** | can | Small children | grape skins |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Small round food may block a small airway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:81-food-drinks-and-feeling-ill:e4:o3:1
# text = Small round food may block a small airway
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	block	block	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	airway	airway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | may | Small round food | a small airway |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer airway=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cut grapes contain fewer germs than whole ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:81-food-drinks-and-feeling-ill:e4:o4:1
# text = Cut grapes contain fewer germs than whole ones
1	Cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	grapes	grape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	contain	contain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **contain** | present | Cut grapes | fewer germs |  |  |  | than whole ones | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot germ=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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