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# Exam question 4 · Oven, hob, kettle, toaster and dishwasher

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Pursuant to the smoking of toast within a toaster, ascertain the correct procedure.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, smoke · **To what, where:** correct procedure, toast

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 107 «Oven, hob, kettle, toaster and dishwasher» 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/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher:e4:1
# text = Pursuant to the smoking of toast within a toaster, ascertain the correct procedure.
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	smoking	smoking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	toast	toast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	toaster	toaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	procedure	procedure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the correct procedure |  |  |  | pursuant *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent procedure=Topic |
| 2 | **smoke** |  |  | toast within a toaster |  |  |  |  | nom smoking «act 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 {#o1}

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Remove the toast with a knife at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher:e4:o1:1
# text = Remove the toast with a knife at once
1	Remove	remove	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	toast	toast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	knife	knife	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 | **remove** | imperative | you *not said here* | the toast |  |  |  | with a knife | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toast=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shake the toaster while it is still plugged in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher:e4:o2:1
# text = Shake the toaster while it is still plugged in
1	Shake	shake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	toaster	toaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	plugged	plug	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | imperative | you *not said here* | the toaster |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent toaster=Patient |
| 2 | **plug in** | present · passive |  | toaster |  |  | still |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Press the cancel lever and unplug the toaster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher:e4:o3:1
# text = Press the cancel lever and unplug the toaster
1	Press	press	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	cancel	cancel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	lever	lever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	unplug	unplug	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	toaster	toaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cancel lever |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lever=Theme |
| 2 | **unplug** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the toaster |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pour water into the toaster to cool it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher:e4:o4:1
# text = Pour water into the toaster to cool it
1	Pour	pour	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	toaster	toaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	cool	cool	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | imperative | you *not said here* | water |  | the toaster |  |  | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme into toaster=Destination |
| 2 | **cool** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | water |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=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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