--- title: Which statement is true? — Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast · tree and pragmatics description: Which statement is true? Test 4 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast/) / t4 # Test 4 · Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast Which statement is true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** statement · **What happens:** be This is test 4 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t4:1 # text = Which statement is true? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 statement statement NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | which statement | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | 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} A toaster is safe to poke once it is cool ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t4:o1:1 # text = A toaster is safe to poke once it is cool 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 toaster toaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 poke poke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 once once SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a toaster | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **poke** | to-infinitive | a toaster *not said here* | | | | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | toaster | | | | | cool *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A toaster can still give a shock if you poke metal into it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t4:o2:1 # text = A toaster can still give a shock if you poke metal into it 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 toaster toaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 shock shock NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 poke poke VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 11 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | can | a toaster | a shock | | | still | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shock=Theme | | 2 | **poke** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | metal | | | | into toaster | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.patient»: agent=Agent metal=Instrument into it=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Toasters cannot conduct electricity at all, they are plastic ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t4:o3:1 # text = Toasters cannot conduct electricity at all, they are plastic 1 Toasters toaster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 conduct conduct VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 electricity electricity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 plastic plastic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **conduct** | can | Toasters | electricity | | all | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent electricity=Theme at all=Destination | | 2 | **is** | present | Toasters *= toaster* | | | | | plastic *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Only the outside of a toaster is dangerous ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t4:o4:1 # text = Only the outside of a toaster is dangerous 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 outside outside NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 toaster toaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the outside of a toaster | | | | | dangerous *property* | tree rules | **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. 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