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title: A girl in Halifax takes off the cover of a hot bowl of pasta and her… — Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Halifax takes off the cover of a hot bowl of pasta and her face goes red. What went wrong? Test 5 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
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# Test 5 · Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast

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A girl in Halifax takes off the cover of a hot bowl of pasta and her face goes red. What went wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, face · **What happens:** take off, go · **To what, where:** cover

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Halifax takes off the cover of a hot bowl of pasta and her face goes red.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t5:1
# text = A girl in Halifax takes off the cover of a hot bowl of pasta and her face goes red.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Halifax	Halifax	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	pasta	pasta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
19	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take off** | present | a girl in Halifax | the cover of a hot bowl of pasta |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cover=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | present | girl's face |  |  |  |  | red *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* What went wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t5:2
# text = What went wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The microwave sprayed water on her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t5:o1:1
# text = The microwave sprayed water on her
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	microwave	microwave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	sprayed	spray	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spray** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The microwave leaked dangerous rays out onto her face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t5:o2:1
# text = The microwave leaked dangerous rays out onto her face
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	microwave	microwave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	leaked	leak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rays	ray	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leak out** | participle | the microwave *not said here* | dangerous rays |  | her face |  | out *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ray=Source |

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

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She lifted it toward her face and the steam burned her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t5:o3:1
# text = She lifted it toward her face and the steam burned her
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lifted	lift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | past | She | it |  | her face |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme toward face=Destination |
| 2 | **burn** | past | the steam | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The pasta was too cold to eat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t5:o4:1
# text = The pasta was too cold to eat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pasta	pasta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the pasta |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | the pasta *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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