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description: Ascertain the item that is among the most common causes of serious burns in small children. Exam question 4 of lesson 217 «Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Exam question 4 · Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors

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Ascertain the item that is among the most common causes of serious burns in small children.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, item · **What happens:** ascertain, be · **To what, where:** item

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 217 «Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors» 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/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the item that is among the most common causes of serious burns in small children.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
6	among	among	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	9	advmod	_	_
9	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	causes	cause	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	acl:relcl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	burns	burn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	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 item |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent item=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | the item |  |  |  |  | among the common causes; of serious burns in small children | 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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Paper and cardboard in the home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:e4:o1:1
# text = Paper and cardboard in the home
1	Paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	cardboard	cardboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ice cubes from the freezer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:e4:o2:1
# text = Ice cubes from the freezer
1	Ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	cubes	cube	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	freezer	freezer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Hot drinks and kettles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:e4:o3:1
# text = Hot drinks and kettles
1	Hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	drinks	drink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	kettles	kettle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cold water from the tap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:e4:o4:1
# text = Cold water from the tap
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tap	tap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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