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title: «nan's told me a MILLION times no foil in the microwave, why tho» Wh… — Olympiad: kitchen chemistry puzzles ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: «nan's told me a MILLION times no foil in the microwave, why tho» What is the real reason, and how often did Nan really say it? Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 36 «Olympiad: kitchen chemistry puzzles ★★★» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 1 · ★★★ · Olympiad: kitchen chemistry puzzles ★★★

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«nan's told me a MILLION times no foil in the microwave, why tho» What is the real reason, and how often did Nan really say it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** tell, be, say · **To what, where:** nan, me, real reason, reason · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 36 «Olympiad: kitchen chemistry puzzles ★★★» 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/36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t1:1
# text = «nan's told me a MILLION times no foil in the microwave, why tho» What is the real reason, and how often did Nan really say it?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	MILLION	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	foil	foil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:unmarked	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	microwave	microwave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	22	advmod	_	_
16	tho	tho	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
25	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	27	advmod	_	_
26	often	often	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
27	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
28	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
29	really	really	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
30	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
31	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · passive |  | nan | me |  | time |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient i=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the real reason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support |  | reason |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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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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Metal can spark in there; she said it many times

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t1:o1:1
# text = Metal can spark in there; she said it many times
1	Metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	spark	spark	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spark** | can | Metal |  |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | she | Metal |  |  | time |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Foil melts into the food; she only said it once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t1:o2:1
# text = Foil melts into the food; she only said it once
1	Foil	foil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	melts	melt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | present | Foil |  |  | the food |  | once *property* | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material into food=Product |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Foil | food |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Foil is safe; she just likes to moan about it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t1:o3:1
# text = Foil is safe; she just likes to moan about it
1	Foil	foil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	moan	moan	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Foil |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **like** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **moan** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about Foil | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Foil makes the food taste of metal; a million times exactly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t1:o4:1
# text = Foil makes the food taste of metal; a million times exactly
1	Foil	foil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Foil | the food taste of metal |  |  | time | exactly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset taste=Product |
| 2 | **taste** |  |  | metal |  |  |  |  | nom taste «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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