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title: microwaved my beans, some bits hot some cold — Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast · tree and pragmatics
description: microwaved my beans, some bits hot some cold Test 12 of lesson 38 «Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast» 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 12 · Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast

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microwaved my beans, some bits hot some cold

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** microwave

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This is test 12 of lesson 38 «Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast» 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/38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t12:1
# text = microwaved my beans, some bits hot some cold
1	microwaved	microwave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	beans	bean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **microwave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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That means they're cooked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t12:o1:1
# text = That means they're cooked
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	cooked	cook	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | That |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **cook** | present · passive |  | they |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

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

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Stir them, there can be hot spots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t12:o2:1
# text = Stir them, there can be hot spots
1	Stir	stir	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	6	expl	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stir** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Heat them more without stirring them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t12:o3:1
# text = Heat them more without stirring them
1	Heat	heat	VERB	VB	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
4	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	stirring	stir	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **stir** | gerund | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Eat the cold bits first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t12:o4:1
# text = Eat the cold bits first
1	Eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cold bits |  |  |  | first *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient |

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