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title: Identify the principal reason for which oven mitts must be dry when… — Safe in the kitchen · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which oven mitts must be dry when used. Exam question 1 of lesson 31 «Safe in the kitchen» 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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# Exam question 1 · Safe in the kitchen

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Identify the principal reason for which oven mitts must be dry when used.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, oven mitts · **What happens:** identify, be, use · **To what, where:** principal reason

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 31 «Safe in the kitchen» 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/31-kitchen-safety/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which oven mitts must be dry when used.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
7	oven	oven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	mitts	mitt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl	_	_
12	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	13	mark	_	_
13	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | must | oven mitts |  |  |  |  | for the principal reason; dry *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **use** | participle | oven mitts *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Wet mitts slip off the hands more readily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:e1:o1:1
# text = Wet mitts slip off the hands more readily
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	mitts	mitt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	slip	slip	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	readily	readily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip off** | present | Wet mitts | the hands |  |  |  | readily *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wet mitts cause the oven to cool too quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:e1:o2:1
# text = Wet mitts cause the oven to cool too quickly
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	mitts	mitt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	oven	oven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	cool	cool	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | Wet mitts | the oven |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition oven=Patient |
| 2 | **cool** | to-infinitive | Wet mitts *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

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Heat passes rapidly through wet cloth and may burn the hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:e1:o3:1
# text = Heat passes rapidly through wet cloth and may burn the hand
1	Heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | present | Heat |  |  | wet cloth |  | rapidly *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through cloth=Location |
| 2 | **burn** | may | Heat *not said here* | the hand |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Dry mitts are more easily washed afterwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:e1:o4:1
# text = Dry mitts are more easily washed afterwards
1	Dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	mitts	mitt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	washed	wash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | present · passive |  | Dry mitts |  |  |  | afterwards, easily *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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