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# Test 17 · ★★★ · Thinking it through: the science behind home safety

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my neighbour said someone threw water on a chip pan fire and a fireball took the kitchen ceiling off

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** neighbour, someone, fireball · **What happens:** say, throw, take off · **To what, where:** water, pan fire, kitchen ceiling · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Thinking it through: the science behind home safety» 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/40-home-safety-reasoning/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:40-home-safety-reasoning:t17:1
# text = my neighbour said someone threw water on a chip pan fire and a fireball took the kitchen ceiling off
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nsubj	_	_
5	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	chip	chip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	fireball	fireball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
19	off	off	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my neighbour |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **throw** | past | someone | water |  | a pan fire |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent water=Theme on fire=Destination |
| 3 | **take off** | past | a fireball | the kitchen ceiling |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ceiling=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is gossip, so throwing water on a chip pan fire is fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:40-home-safety-reasoning:t17:o1:1
# text = It is gossip, so throwing water on a chip pan fire is fine
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	chip	chip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | gossip |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **throw** | gerund | gossip *not said here* | water |  | a pan fire |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent water=Theme on fire=Destination |
| 3 | **is** | present | gossip |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

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

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Real lesson: never throw water on burning oil; an adult turns off the heat and covers the pan

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:40-home-safety-reasoning:t17:o2:1
# text = Real lesson: never throw water on burning oil; an adult turns off the heat and covers the pan
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	appos	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
14	off	off	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	covers	cover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **throw** | infinitive |  | water |  | burning oil |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent water=Theme on oil=Destination |
| 2 | **burn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **turn off** | present | a adult | the heat |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heat=Patient |
| 4 | **cover** | present | a adult *not said here* | the pan |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pan=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Real lesson: kitchens should never have ceilings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:40-home-safety-reasoning:t17:o3:1
# text = Real lesson: kitchens should never have ceilings
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	kitchens	kitchen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	ceilings	ceiling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | should | kitchens | ceilings |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ceiling=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It proves water always makes every kind of fire worse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:40-home-safety-reasoning:t17:o4:1
# text = It proves water always makes every kind of fire worse
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | It | water |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present |  | every kind of fire |  |  |  | always, bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset kind=Product |

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