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title: Which spoon would you expect to stay shiny for years in a wet kitchen? — Rust: iron's slow fire · tree and pragmatics
description: Which spoon would you expect to stay shiny for years in a wet kitchen? Test 9 of lesson 13 «Rust: iron's slow fire» 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 right.
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# Test 9 · Rust: iron's slow fire

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Which spoon would you expect to stay shiny for years in a wet kitchen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** spoon · **What happens:** expect, stay · **To what, where:** wet kitchen

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This is test 9 of lesson 13 «Rust: iron's slow fire» 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/13-rust-irons-slow-fire/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:13-rust-irons-slow-fire:t9:1
# text = Which spoon would you expect to stay shiny for years in a wet kitchen?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	spoon	spoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	expect	expect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expect** | would | which spoon |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | which spoon *not said here* |  |  | a wet kitchen | year | shiny *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kitchen=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A stainless-steel spoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:13-rust-irons-slow-fire:t9:o1:1
# text = A stainless-steel spoon
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	stainless	stainless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	steel	steel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	spoon	spoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A rough plain iron spoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:13-rust-irons-slow-fire:t9:o2:1
# text = A rough plain iron spoon
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	spoon	spoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A bright copper teaspoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:13-rust-irons-slow-fire:t9:o3:1
# text = A bright copper teaspoon
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	teaspoon	teaspoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A painted iron spoon, chipped

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:13-rust-irons-slow-fire:t9:o4:1
# text = A painted iron spoon, chipped
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	spoon	spoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	chipped	chip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **chip** | participle | a painted iron spoon |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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