--- title: "why can't you put water on an electric fire, water puts everything… — Fire: what it needs and how to put it… · tree and pragmatics description: "why can't you put water on an electric fire, water puts everything out" Best answer? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 12 «Fire: what it needs and how to put it out» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was r --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/12-fire-what-it-needs/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Chemistry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/) / [Fire: what it needs and how to put it…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/12-fire-what-it-needs/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★ · Fire: what it needs and how to put it out "why can't you put water on an electric fire, water puts everything out" Best answer? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, water · **What happens:** not put, put out · **To what, where:** water, electric fire, everything This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 12 «Fire: what it needs and how to put it out» of the chemistry 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/chemistry/12-fire-what-it-needs/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:12-fire-what-it-needs:t2:1 # text = "why can't you put water on an electric fire, water puts everything out" Best answer? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 3 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 electric electric ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 puts put VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 15 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 14 obj _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ _ 18 Best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 19 amod _ _ 19 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **put** *in a quote* | can | you | water | | a electric fire | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme on fire=Destination | | 2 | **put out** *in a quote* | present | water | everything | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent everything=Goal | 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} Water turns into oil near plugs ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:12-fire-what-it-needs:t2:o1:1 # text = Water turns into oil near plugs 1 Water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 plugs plug NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | Water | | | oil | | near plugs | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into oil=Source near plug=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Water carries electricity and could give a deadly shock ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:12-fire-what-it-needs:t2:o2:1 # text = Water carries electricity and could give a deadly shock 1 Water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 carries carry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 electricity electricity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 deadly deadly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 shock shock NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | present | Water | electricity | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Theme | | 2 | **give** | could | Water *not said here* | a deadly shock | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shock=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Water makes electric fires much bigger and hotter ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:12-fire-what-it-needs:t2:o3:1 # text = Water makes electric fires much bigger and hotter 1 Water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 electric electric ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 fires fire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 hotter hot ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Water | electric fires | | | | big *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fire=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} Electric fires are too cold for water ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:12-fire-what-it-needs:t2:o4:1 # text = Electric fires are too cold for water 1 Electric electric ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 fires fire 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 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Electric fires | | | | | for water; cold *property* | tree rules | **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. 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