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title: What is the best first aid for a small burn from a kettle? — Safe in the kitchen · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the best first aid for a small burn from a kettle? Test 8 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 wrong.
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# Test 8 · Safe in the kitchen

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What is the best first aid for a small burn from a kettle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** best first aid · **What happens:** be

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:t8:1
# text = What is the best first aid for a small burn from a kettle?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	aid	aid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	burn	burn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best first aid for a small burn from a kettle |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A thick layer of butter or oil, rubbed in well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:t8:o1:1
# text = A thick layer of butter or oil, rubbed in well
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	layer	layer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	rubbed	rub	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | participle |  | a thick layer of butter or oil *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Cool running water for about 20 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:t8:o2:1
# text = Cool running water for about 20 minutes
1	Cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ice held on the skin for an hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:t8:o3:1
# text = Ice held on the skin for an hour
1	Ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle |  | Ice *not said here* |  | the skin | hour |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on skin=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A tight bandage straight away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:31-kitchen-safety:t8:o4:1
# text = A tight bandage straight away
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bandage	bandage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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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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