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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the operation of an induction hob? Exam question 3 of lesson 11 «Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Exam question 3 · Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the operation of an induction hob?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, operate · **To what, where:** operation, induction hob

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 11 «Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob» of the technology 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/technology/11-cooking-machines/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:11-cooking-machines:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the operation of an induction hob?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	operation	operation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	induction	induction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	hob	hob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the operation of a induction hob |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **operate** |  |  | a induction hob |  |  |  |  | nom operation «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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A concealed gas flame heats the glass surface

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:11-cooking-machines:e3:o1:1
# text = A concealed gas flame heats the glass surface
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
3	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	flame	flame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	heats	heat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **heat** | present | a concealed gas flame | the glass surface |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent surface=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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An element heats the glass, which then heats the vessel upon it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:11-cooking-machines:e3:o2:1
# text = An element heats the glass, which then heats the vessel upon it
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	element	element	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	heats	heat	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	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	heats	heat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat** | present | a element | the glass |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent glass=Patient |
| 2 | **heat** | present |  | the vessel |  |  | then | upon element | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent vessel=Patient |

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

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A magnetic field causes the vessel itself to become hot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:11-cooking-machines:e3:o3:1
# text = A magnetic field causes the vessel itself to become hot
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	6	nmod:unmarked	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | a magnetic field | the vessel  field |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition vessel=Patient |
| 2 | **become** | to-infinitive | a magnetic field *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Heated water circulates beneath the glass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:11-cooking-machines:e3:o4:1
# text = Heated water circulates beneath the glass
1	Heated	heat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	circulates	circulate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **circulate** | present | Heated water |  |  | the glass |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath glass=Location |

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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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