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# Exam question 2 · Kitchen floors, food safety and the microwave

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Whereas mould is observed upon one slice of a loaf, determine the appropriate course of action.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** observe, determine, slice · **To what, where:** mould, appropriate course, loaf

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 106 «Kitchen floors, food safety and the microwave» 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/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave:e2:1
# text = Whereas mould is observed upon one slice of a loaf, determine the appropriate course of action.
1	Whereas	whereas	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	mould	mould	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	advcl	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	slice	slice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	loaf	loaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | present · passive |  | mould |  |  |  | upon one slice of a loaf; whereas *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate course of action |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 3 | **slice** |  |  | a loaf |  |  |  |  | nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Discard the whole loaf, as the threads spread unseen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave:e2:o1:1
# text = Discard the whole loaf, as the threads spread unseen
1	Discard	discard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	loaf	loaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	threads	thread	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	spread	spread	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
10	unseen	unseen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | present | the threads | Discard  the whole loaf *not said here* |  |  |  | unseen *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location discard=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Toast the slice so as to destroy the mould

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave:e2:o2:1
# text = Toast the slice so as to destroy the mould
1	Toast	toast	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	slice	slice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	destroy	destroy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mould	mould	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **toast** | imperative | you *not said here* | the slice |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent slice=Patient |
| 2 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the mould |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mould=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Discard only the slice upon which it is seen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave:e2:o3:1
# text = Discard only the slice upon which it is seen
1	Discard	discard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	slice	slice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present · passive |  | Discard |  |  |  | upon the slice | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Remove the visible mould with a knife and eat the remainder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave:e2:o4:1
# text = Remove the visible mould with a knife and eat the remainder
1	Remove	remove	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	visible	visible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	mould	mould	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	remainder	remainder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | imperative | you *not said here* | the visible mould |  |  |  | with a knife | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mould=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | present | you *not said here* | the remainder |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remainder=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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