--- title: Which is the best way to start cooking breakfast at home? — Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast · tree and pragmatics description: Which is the best way to start cooking breakfast at home? Test 8 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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast Which is the best way to start cooking breakfast at home? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, start, cook · **To what, where:** best way, breakfast, home This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t8:1 # text = Which is the best way to start cooking breakfast at home? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 cooking cook VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 9 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the best way | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **start** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **cook** | gerund | | breakfast | | home | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent breakfast=Patient | 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} Start with the sharpest knife you can find ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t8:o1:1 # text = Start with the sharpest knife you can find 1 Start start VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 sharpest sharp ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | with the sharpest knife | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with knife=Subeventuality | | 2 | **find** | can | you | the sharpest knife *not said here* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Topic | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Wash your hands and ask an adult to help ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t8:o2:1 # text = Wash your hands and ask an adult to help 1 Wash wash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash** | imperative | you *not said here* | your hands | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | a adult | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Cook alone so nobody gets in the way ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t8:o3:1 # text = Cook alone so nobody gets in the way 1 Cook cook VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 alone alone ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 so so SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cook** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | alone *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **get** | present | nobody | | | the way | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Turn on every ring on the stove first ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:t8:o4:1 # text = Turn on every ring on the stove first 1 Turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stove stove NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | every ring | | on the stove; first *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on ring=Trajectory | **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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