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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: kitchen chemistry puzzles ★★★

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«it's just a tiny splash, no big deal» says Ben, after hot caramel from his mum's pan landed on his hand. What is the wise move?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, big deal, hot caramel, wise move · **What happens:** be, say, land · **To what, where:** tiny splash, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «it's just a tiny splash, no big deal» says Ben, after hot caramel from his mum's pan landed on his hand.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t11:1
# text = «it's just a tiny splash, no big deal» says Ben, after hot caramel from his mum's pan landed on his hand.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	splash	splash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
13	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	after	after	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	caramel	caramel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
19	from	from	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	's	's	PART	POS	_	21	case	_	_
23	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
24	landed	land	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	_
25	on	on	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | a tiny splash |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | no big deal |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **land** | past | hot caramel from Ben's mum's pan |  |  | Ben's hand |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on hand=Destination |

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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 is the wise move?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t11:2
# text = What is the wise move?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	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 wise move |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Ignore it; a splash that small can't hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t11:o1:1
# text = Ignore it; a splash that small can't hurt
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	splash	splash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **hurt** | can | a splash |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pick the sticky caramel off quickly with nails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t11:o2:1
# text = Pick the sticky caramel off quickly with nails
1	Pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	sticky	sticky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	caramel	caramel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	nails	nail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick off** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sticky caramel |  |  |  | with nails; quickly *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caramel=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Cool it under cold running water and tell an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t11:o3:1
# text = Cool it under cold running water and tell an adult
1	Cool	cool	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | cold running water |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Rub butter on it and carry on with the cooking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t11:o4:1
# text = Rub butter on it and carry on with the cooking
1	Rub	rub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry on** | infinitive | Rub butter on it |  |  |  |  | with the cooking | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |

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