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title: The pan on the hob catches fire and you're the only one in the kitch… — Food on the floor and kitchen rules · tree and pragmatics
description: The pan on the hob catches fire and you're the only one in the kitchen. What's safest? Test 5 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Food on the floor and kitchen rules

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The pan on the hob catches fire and you're the only one in the kitchen. What's safest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pan, you · **What happens:** catch, be · **To what, where:** fire, only one, kitchen

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The pan on the hob catches fire and you're the only one in the kitchen.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:t5:1
# text = The pan on the hob catches fire and you're the only one in the kitchen.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hob	hob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	catches	catch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | present | the pan on the hob | fire |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | you | the only one |  | the kitchen |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's safest?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:t5:2
# text = What's safest?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Carry the burning pan to the sink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:t5:o1:1
# text = Carry the burning pan to the sink
1	Carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	burning	burning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sink	sink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | imperative | you *not said here* | the burning pan |  | the sink |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pan=Theme to sink=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Throw your drink on it to put it out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:t5:o2:1
# text = Throw your drink on it to put it out
1	Throw	throw	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	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | your drink |  | drink |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent drink=Theme on it=Destination |
| 2 | **put out** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | drink |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Get out, close the door and get an adult or call the fire service

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:t5:o3:1
# text = Get out, close the door and get an adult or call the fire service
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	close	close	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **close** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the door |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient |
| 3 | **get** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a adult |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus |
| 4 | **call** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the fire service |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent service=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fan the flames with a tea towel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:t5:o4:1
# text = Fan the flames with a tea towel
1	Fan	fan	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	flames	flame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	towel	towel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fan** | imperative | you *not said here* | the flames |  |  |  | with a tea towel | tree rules |

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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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