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title: Mum's microwave porridge is lukewarm at the edge. Why might it still… — Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum's microwave porridge is lukewarm at the edge. Why might it still burn you? Test 7 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 7 · Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast

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Mum's microwave porridge is lukewarm at the edge. Why might it still burn you?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** microwave porridge, Mum, porridge · **What happens:** be, microwave, burn · **To what, where:** edge, you

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum's microwave porridge is lukewarm at the edge.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t7:1
# text = Mum's microwave porridge is lukewarm at the edge.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	microwave	microwave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	porridge	porridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	lukewarm	lukewarm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | microwave porridge |  |  | the edge |  | lukewarm *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **microwave** |  | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | nom microwave «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 might it still burn you?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t7:2
# text = Why might it still burn you?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	burn	burn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | might | porridge | you |  |  | still |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Cold porridge burns more than hot porridge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t7:o1:1
# text = Cold porridge burns more than hot porridge
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	porridge	porridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	obj	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	porridge	porridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | present | Cold porridge | more |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent more=Theme |

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

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Microwaves heat unevenly and the middle can be very hot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t7:o2:1
# text = Microwaves heat unevenly and the middle can be very hot
1	Microwaves	microwave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	heat	heat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	unevenly	unevenly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat** | present | Microwaves |  |  |  |  | unevenly *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | can | the middle |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The bowl makes the porridge hotter and hotter as it cools

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t7:o3:1
# text = The bowl makes the porridge hotter and hotter as it cools
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	porridge	porridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	hotter	hot	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	hotter	hot	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	conj	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	cools	cool	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the bowl | the porridge |  |  |  | hot *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material porridge=Product |
| 2 | **cool** | present | bowl |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Porridge never gets hot in a microwave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t7:o4:1
# text = Porridge never gets hot in a microwave
1	Porridge	porridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	microwave	microwave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | present | Porridge |  |  | a microwave |  | hot *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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