--- title: What would happen if Uncle Ray threw water on a burning chip pan? — Food on the floor and kitchen rules · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if Uncle Ray threw water on a burning chip pan? Test 4 · ★★ 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 choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules/t4/) [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/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/) / [Food on the floor and kitchen rules](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · Food on the floor and kitchen rules What would happen if Uncle Ray threw water on a burning chip pan? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Uncle Ray · **What happens:** happen, throw, burn · **To what, where:** water, burning chip pan This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 22 «Food on the floor and kitchen rules» of the myths 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/myths/22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:t4:1 # text = What would happen if Uncle Ray threw water on a burning chip pan? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Ray Ray PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 burning burn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 amod _ _ 12 chip chip NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 pan pan NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **throw** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Uncle Ray | water | | a burning chip pan | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent water=Theme on pan=Destination | | 3 | **burn** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The water would flash to steam and spray burning oil ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:t4:o1:1 # text = The water would flash to steam and spray burning oil 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 flash flash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 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 spray spray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 burning burn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 amod _ _ 10 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flash** | would | the water | | steam | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to steam=Recipient | | 2 | **spray** | present | the water *not said here* | burning oil | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent oil=Theme | | 3 | **burn** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing, because water and oil mix ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:t4:o2:1 # text = Nothing, because water and oil mix 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 7 case _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 7 mix mix NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The fire would go out at once, as safely as with a lid ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:t4:o3:1 # text = The fire would go out at once, as safely as with a lid 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 safely safely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | would | the fire | | | | | out, safely *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The oil would freeze into a solid lump ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:t4:o4:1 # text = The oil would freeze into a solid lump 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 freeze freeze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 solid solid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 lump lump NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freeze** | would | the oil | | | a solid lump | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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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