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title: A pan of oil catches fire on the cooker. Why would putting a lid or… — Fuels, the Sun and saving energy · tree and pragmatics
description: A pan of oil catches fire on the cooker. Why would putting a lid or fire blanket over it help? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 32 «Fuels, the Sun and saving energy» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was rig
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Fuels, the Sun and saving energy

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A pan of oil catches fire on the cooker. Why would putting a lid or fire blanket over it help?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pan · **What happens:** catch, put, help · **To what, where:** fire, cooker, lid

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 32 «Fuels, the Sun and saving energy» of the physics 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/physics/32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A pan of oil catches fire on the cooker.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t2:1
# text = A pan of oil catches fire on the cooker.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	catches	catch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cooker	cooker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | present | a pan of oil | fire |  | the cooker |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why would putting a lid or fire blanket over it help?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t2:2
# text = Why would putting a lid or fire blanket over it help?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	putting	put	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	blanket	blanket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | would |  | a lid or fire blanket |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent lid=Goal |
| 2 | **help** | infinitive | pan |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It cools the hot pan down straight away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t2:o1:1
# text = It cools the hot pan down straight away
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cools	cool	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool** | present | It | the hot pan |  |  |  | away, down *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pan=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It turns the burning oil into plain water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t2:o2:1
# text = It turns the burning oil into plain water
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | It | the burning oil |  | plain water |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent oil=Theme into water=Trajectory |
| 2 | **burn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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It cuts off the oxygen the fire needs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t2:o3:1
# text = It cuts off the oxygen the fire needs
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cuts	cut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut off** | present | It | the oxygen |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector oxygen=Eventuality |
| 2 | **need** | present | the fire |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It squashes the flames flat against the oil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t2:o4:1
# text = It squashes the flames flat against the oil
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	squashes	squash	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	flames	flame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	against	against	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squash** | present | It | the flames |  | the oil |  | flat *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent flame=Theme against oil=Trajectory |

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