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title: Why does steam from a dishwasher hurt more than warm air? — Oven, hob, kettle, toaster and dishwas… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does steam from a dishwasher hurt more than warm air? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 107 «Oven, hob, kettle, toaster and dishwasher» 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 7 · ★ · Oven, hob, kettle, toaster and dishwasher

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Why does steam from a dishwasher hurt more than warm air?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, hurt · **To what, where:** steam, dishwasher

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 107 «Oven, hob, kettle, toaster and dishwasher» 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/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher:t7:1
# text = Why does steam from a dishwasher hurt more than warm air?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
3	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dishwasher	dishwasher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | steam |  | a dishwasher |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steam=Eventuality |
| 2 | **hurt** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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Steam is very hot and scalds your skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher:t7:o1:1
# text = Steam is very hot and scalds your skin
1	Steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	scalds	scald	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Steam |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **scald** | present | Steam *not said here* | your skin |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent skin=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Steam is colder but wetter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher:t7:o2:1
# text = Steam is colder but wetter
1	Steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	colder	cold	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wetter	wet	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Steam |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Steam *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Steam has germs in it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher:t7:o3:1
# text = Steam has germs in it
1	Steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Steam | germs |  | it |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Steam has soap in it that stings your skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher:t7:o4:1
# text = Steam has soap in it that stings your skin
1	Steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stings	sting	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Steam | soap |  | soap |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soap=Patient |
| 2 | **sting** | present | soap | your skin |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus skin=Experiencer |

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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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