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title: Why should small children not run in the kitchen during cooking? — Kitchen floors, food safety and the mi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why should small children not run in the kitchen during cooking? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 106 «Kitchen floors, food safety and the microwave» 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 right.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Kitchen floors, food safety and the microwave

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Why should small children not run in the kitchen during cooking?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** small children · **What happens:** not run · **To what, where:** kitchen

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 106 «Kitchen floors, food safety and the microwave» 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/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave:t9:1
# text = Why should small children not run in the kitchen during cooking?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	during	during	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **run** | present | small children |  |  | the kitchen | during cooking |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kitchen=Trajectory |

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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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Children are not allowed in kitchens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave:t9:o1:1
# text = Children are not allowed in kitchens
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	kitchens	kitchen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Children |  | kitchens |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Running uses up the oxygen in the room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave:t9:o2:1
# text = Running uses up the oxygen in the room
1	Running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **use up** | present |  | the oxygen |  | the room |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oxygen=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Running about makes the food on the hob cook unevenly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave:t9:o3:1
# text = Running about makes the food on the hob cook unevenly
1	Running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	about	about	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hob	hob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	cook	cook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	unevenly	unevenly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run about** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present | Running | the food |  | the hob |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset food=Product |
| 3 | **cook** | infinitive | Running *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unevenly *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Knives, hot pans and slippery floors make falls dangerous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave:t9:o4:1
# text = Knives, hot pans and slippery floors make falls dangerous
1	Knives	knife	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pans	pan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	slippery	slippery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	floors	floor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	falls	fall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Knives and hot pans and slippery floors | falls |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material fall=Product |

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