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description: Whereas a pan of oil has caught fire, determine which action must on no account be taken. Exam question 2 of lesson 105 «Knives, kitchen tools and cooking» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w
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# Exam question 2 · Knives, kitchen tools and cooking

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Whereas a pan of oil has caught fire, determine which action must on no account be taken.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** catch, determine, take · **To what, where:** fire, action, account

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 105 «Knives, kitchen tools and cooking» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking:e2:1
# text = Whereas a pan of oil has caught fire, determine which action must on no account be taken.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	determine	determine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
11	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	12	det	_	_
12	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
16	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | present · perfect |  | fire |  |  |  | whereas a pan of oil | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme |
| 2 | **determine** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **take** | must · passive |  | which action |  | no account |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on account=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Leaving the kitchen and calling for help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking:e2:o1:1
# text = Leaving the kitchen and calling for help
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | gerund |  | the kitchen |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kitchen=Theme |
| 2 | **call** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for help | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Calling an adult to the kitchen at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking:e2:o2:1
# text = Calling an adult to the kitchen at once
1	Calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund |  | a adult | the kitchen |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Topic to kitchen=Recipient |

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

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Pouring water upon the burning oil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking:e2:o3:1
# text = Pouring water upon the burning oil
1	Pouring	pour	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	burning	burning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | gerund |  | water |  |  |  | upon the burning oil | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Turning off the heat beneath the pan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking:e2:o4:1
# text = Turning off the heat beneath the pan
1	Turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn off** | gerund |  | the heat |  |  |  | beneath the pan | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heat=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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