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title: Sam's oven mitt got soaked when he washed the dishes. Why should he… — Safe in the kitchen · tree and pragmatics
description: Sam's oven mitt got soaked when he washed the dishes. Why should he not use it to take a hot tray out? Test 3 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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# Test 3 · Safe in the kitchen

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Sam's oven mitt got soaked when he washed the dishes. Why should he not use it to take a hot tray out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sam, mitt · **What happens:** soak, wash, not use, take out · **To what, where:** oven mitt, dishes, it, hot tray

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This is test 3 of lesson 31 «Safe in the kitchen» 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/31-kitchen-safety/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sam's oven mitt got soaked when he washed the dishes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:t3:1
# text = Sam's oven mitt got soaked when he washed the dishes.
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	oven	oven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	mitt	mitt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	soaked	soak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	washed	wash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dishes	dish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak** | past · passive |  | Sam's oven mitt |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **wash** | past | Sam | the dishes |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dish=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why should he not use it to take a hot tray out?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:t3:2
# text = Why should he not use it to take a hot tray out?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	tray	tray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **use** | should | mitt | it |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **take out** | to-infinitive | mitt *not said here* | a hot tray |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tray=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The tray would stick to the wet mitt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:t3:o1:1
# text = The tray would stick to the wet mitt
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tray	tray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	stick	stick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	mitt	mitt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick** | would | the tray |  |  |  |  | to the wet mitt | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The heat would get through the wet mitt fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:t3:o2:1
# text = The heat would get through the wet mitt fast
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	mitt	mitt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | the heat |  |  | the wet mitt |  | fast *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme through mitt=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A wet mitt makes the tray heavier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:t3:o3:1
# text = A wet mitt makes the tray heavier
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mitt	mitt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tray	tray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | a wet mitt | the tray |  |  |  | heavy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tray=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The wet mitt would cool the tray down too fast to eat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:t3:o4:1
# text = The wet mitt would cool the tray down too fast to eat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mitt	mitt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	cool	cool	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tray	tray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool down** | would | the wet mitt | the tray |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tray=Patient |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | the wet mitt *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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