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title: shut up and help me feed this shredder, use both hands. What's the r… — Kitchen and garden dangers · tree and pragmatics
description: shut up and help me feed this shredder, use both hands. What's the rule? Test 8 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 right.
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# Test 8 · Kitchen and garden dangers

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shut up and help me feed this shredder, use both hands. What's the rule?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, me, rule · **What happens:** shut up, help, feed, use, be · **To what, where:** me, shredder, hands

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This is test 8 of lesson 15 «Kitchen and garden dangers» of the technology 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/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* shut up and help me feed this shredder, use both hands.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:t8:1
# text = shut up and help me feed this shredder, use both hands.
1	shut	shut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	shredder	shredder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **help** | infinitive | you *not said here* | me |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 3 | **feed** | infinitive | me *not said here* | this shredder |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shredder=Recipient |
| 4 | **use** | infinitive | you *not said here* | both hands |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

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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:* What's the rule?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:t8:2
# text = What's the rule?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Push the paper in with your fingers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:t8:o1:1
# text = Push the paper in with your fingers
1	Push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push in** | imperative | you *not said here* | the paper |  |  |  | with your fingers | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Use a ruler to push it deeper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:t8:o2:1
# text = Use a ruler to push it deeper
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	push	push	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	deeper	deep	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a ruler |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ruler=Patient |
| 2 | **push** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | ruler |  |  |  | deep *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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

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Keep fingers, hair and sleeves away, and don't use it alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:t8:o3:1
# text = Keep fingers, hair and sleeves away, and don't use it alone
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sleeves	sleeve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | fingers and hair and sleeves |  |  |  | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **use** | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | hair |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wear a tie so you look smart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:t8:o4:1
# text = Wear a tie so you look smart
1	Wear	wear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tie	tie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | imperative | you *not said here* | a tie |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent tie=Source |
| 2 | **look** | present | you |  |  |  |  | smart *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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