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description: Identify the principal reason for which water must not be applied to a fire in a pan of cooking oil. Exam question 1 of lesson 22 «Food on the floor and kitchen rules» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Exam question 1 · Food on the floor and kitchen rules

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Identify the principal reason for which water must not be applied to a fire in a pan of cooking oil.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, not apply · **To what, where:** principal reason, water, pan

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 22 «Food on the floor and kitchen rules» of the myths 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/myths/22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which water must not be applied to a fire in a pan of cooking oil.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **apply** | must · passive |  | water |  | a pan of cooking oil |  | for the principal reason; to a fire | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for which=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

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The water combines with the oil to form a flammable gas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:e1:o1:1
# text = The water combines with the oil to form a flammable gas
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	combines	combine	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	form	form	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	flammable	flammable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **combine** | present | the water |  |  |  |  | with the oil | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with oil=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **form** | to-infinitive | the water *not said here* | a flammable gas |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gas=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The water renders the flames hotter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:e1:o2:1
# text = The water renders the flames hotter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	renders	render	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	flames	flame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	hotter	hot	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | the water | the flames |  |  |  | hot *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flame=Theme |

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

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The water is converted to steam and expels burning oil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:e1:o3:1
# text = The water is converted to steam and expels burning oil
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	converted	converted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	expels	expel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the water |  |  |  |  | to steam; converted *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **expel** | present | the water *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **burn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The water causes the oil to solidify and fracture the pan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:e1:o4:1
# text = The water causes the oil to solidify and fracture the pan
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	causes	cause	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	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	solidify	solidify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	fracture	fracture	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | the water | the oil |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **solidify** | to-infinitive | the oil *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **fracture** | infinitive | the oil *not said here* | the pan |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pan=Patient |

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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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