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title: Identify the principal reason for which the feed tube of a food proc… — Kitchen and garden dangers · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which the feed tube of a food processor is made narrow. Exam question 1 of lesson 15 «Kitchen and garden dangers» of the technology 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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# Exam question 1 · Kitchen and garden dangers

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Identify the principal reason for which the feed tube of a food processor is made narrow.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, make · **To what, where:** principal reason, feed tube

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 15 «Kitchen and garden dangers» of the technology 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/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which the feed tube of a food processor is made narrow.
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	15	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	feed	feed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	tube	tube	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	processor	processor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
16	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 | **make** | present · passive |  | the feed tube of a food processor |  |  |  | for the principal reason; narrow *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for which=Asset |

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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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To increase the speed of processing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:e1:o1:1
# text = To increase the speed of processing
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	increase	increase	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	processing	processing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | to-infinitive |  | the speed of processing |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer speed=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To facilitate the cleaning of the device

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:e1:o2:1
# text = To facilitate the cleaning of the device
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	facilitate	facilitate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **facilitate** | to-infinitive |  | the cleaning of the device |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **clean** |  | the device |  |  |  |  |  | nom cleaning «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To reduce the wastage of food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:e1:o3:1
# text = To reduce the wastage of food
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	reduce	reduce	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wastage	wastage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | to-infinitive |  | the wastage of food |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer wastage=Patient |
| 2 | **waste** |  | food |  |  |  |  |  | nom wastage «process intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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To prevent the insertion of a hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:e1:o4:1
# text = To prevent the insertion of a hand
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	insertion	insertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | to-infinitive |  | the insertion of a hand |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer insertion=Theme |
| 2 | **insert** |  |  | a hand |  |  |  |  | nom insertion «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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