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# Test 18 · ★ · Knives, kitchen tools and cooking

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my uncle reckons a lady put water on a chip pan fire n blew up the whole street. what's probably exaggerated

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** uncle, lady · **What happens:** reckon, put, blow up, exaggerate · **To what, where:** water, fire n, whole street

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This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 105 «Knives, kitchen tools and cooking» of the everyday 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/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking:t18:1
# text = my uncle reckons a lady put water on a chip pan fire n blew up the whole street. what's probably exaggerated
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reckons	reckon	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	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
6	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	chip	chip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	n	n	NOUN	NN	_	6	obl	_	_
14	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
20	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	23	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
22	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | my uncle |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **put** | participle | a lady *not said here* | water |  | a fire n |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme on n=Destination |
| 3 | **blow up** | past | a lady | the whole street |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent street=Patient |
| 4 | **exaggerate** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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That chip pans can catch fire at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking:t18:o1:1
# text = That chip pans can catch fire at all
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	chip	chip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pans	pan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | can | chip pans | fire |  | all |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent fire=Theme at all=Asset |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The whole street; water on burning oil does make a fireball

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking:t18:o2:1
# text = The whole street; water on burning oil does make a fireball
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fireball	fireball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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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 | **make** | present · do-support | the whole street and water on burning oil | a fireball |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fireball=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That water on burning oil is dangerous and can make the fire much worse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking:t18:o3:1
# text = That water on burning oil is dangerous and can make the fire much worse
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	much	much	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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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 | **is** | present | that water on burning oil |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | can | that water on burning oil *not said here* | the fire |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fire=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, water on oil always flattens a street

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking:t18:o4:1
# text = Nothing, water on oil always flattens a street
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	flattens	flatten	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flatten** | present | Nothing | a street |  |  |  | always *property* | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument street=Patient |

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