--- title: It being given that the air temperature exceeds ninety degrees Fahre… — Thinking it through: the science behin… · tree and pragmatics description: It being given that the air temperature exceeds ninety degrees Fahrenheit, determine the maximum period for which food may be left out. Exam question 3 of lesson 40 «Thinking it through: the science behind home safety» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/40-home-safety-reasoning/e3/) [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/) / [Thinking it through: the science behin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/40-home-safety-reasoning/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Thinking it through: the science behind home safety It being given that the air temperature exceeds ninety degrees Fahrenheit, determine the maximum period for which food may be left out. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** air temperature · **What happens:** give, exceed, determine, leave out · **To what, where:** It, ninety degrees, maximum period This is exam question 3 of lesson 40 «Thinking it through: the science behind home safety» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/40-home-safety-reasoning/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:40-home-safety-reasoning:e3:1 # text = It being given that the air temperature exceeds ninety degrees Fahrenheit, determine the maximum period for which food may be left out. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 temperature temperature NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 exceeds exceed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 ninety ninety NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 degrees degree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 Fahrenheit Fahrenheit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 determine determine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 maximum maximum NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 19 det _ _ 19 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 ccomp _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | gerund · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **exceed** | present | the air temperature | ninety degrees Fahrenheit | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot degree=Theme | | 3 | **determine** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **leave out** | may · passive | | the maximum period for which food | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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} Twelve hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:40-home-safety-reasoning:e3:o1:1 # text = Twelve hours 1 Twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Two hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:40-home-safety-reasoning:e3:o2:1 # text = Two hours 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} One hour ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:40-home-safety-reasoning:e3:o3:1 # text = One hour 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Four hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:40-home-safety-reasoning:e3:o4:1 # text = Four hours 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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