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title: A cartoon shows a cook throwing a bucket of water onto a burning chi… — Olympiad: everyday chemistry detective… · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon shows a cook throwing a bucket of water onto a burning chip pan, and the fire goes out at once. What is wrong? Test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 37 «Olympiad: everyday chemistry detectives ★★★» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: everyday chemistry detectives ★★★

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A cartoon shows a cook throwing a bucket of water onto a burning chip pan, and the fire goes out at once. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cartoon, fire · **What happens:** show, throw, burn, go out, be · **To what, where:** cook, bucket, burning chip pan

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This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 37 «Olympiad: everyday chemistry detectives ★★★» 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/37-olympiad-everyday-chemistry-detectives/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows a cook throwing a bucket of water onto a burning chip pan, and the fire goes out at once.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:37-olympiad-everyday-chemistry-detectives:t5:1
# text = A cartoon shows a cook throwing a bucket of water onto a burning chip pan, and the fire goes out at once.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	amod	_	_
14	chip	chip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
21	out	out	ADP	RP	_	20	compound:prt	_	_
22	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon | a cook |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cook=Recipient |
| 2 | **throw** | gerund | a cartoon *not said here* | a bucket of water |  | a burning chip pan |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme onto pan=Destination |
| 3 | **burn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **go out** | present | the fire |  |  |  |  |  | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:37-olympiad-everyday-chemistry-detectives:t5:2
# text = What is wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The water would freeze the oil solid at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:37-olympiad-everyday-chemistry-detectives:t5:o1:1
# text = The water would freeze the oil solid at once
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	freeze	freeze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	solid	solid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | would | the water | the oil solid |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient solid=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, but a bigger bucket would be better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:37-olympiad-everyday-chemistry-detectives:t5:o2:1
# text = Nothing, but a bigger bucket would be better
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | a bigger bucket |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Nothing, water puts out every kind of fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:37-olympiad-everyday-chemistry-detectives:t5:o3:1
# text = Nothing, water puts out every kind of fire
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	puts	put	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put out** | present | Nothing water | every kind of fire |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent kind=Goal |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Water on burning oil throws it out in a fireball

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:37-olympiad-everyday-chemistry-detectives:t5:o4:1
# text = Water on burning oil throws it out in a fireball
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	throws	throw	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fireball	fireball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **throw out** | present | Water on burning oil | oil |  | a fireball |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in fireball=Destination |

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