--- title: The story goes that the microwave oven was invented when an engineer… — Cooking machines: oven, microwave, ket… · tree and pragmatics description: The story goes that the microwave oven was invented when an engineer noticed what? Test 11 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 of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/11-cooking-machines/t11/) [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/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [Cooking machines: oven, microwave, ket…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/11-cooking-machines/) / t11 # Test 11 · Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob The story goes that the microwave oven was invented when an engineer noticed what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** story, engineer · **What happens:** go, invent, notice · **To what, where:** microwave oven This is test 11 of lesson 11 «Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob» of the technology 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/technology/11-cooking-machines/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:11-cooking-machines:t11:1 # text = The story goes that the microwave oven was invented when an engineer noticed what? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 microwave microwave NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 oven oven NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 invented invent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 10 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 engineer engineer NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | the story | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **invent** | past · passive | | the microwave oven | | | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 3 | **notice** | past | a engineer | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | 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} A radar machine had melted a sweet in his pocket ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:11-cooking-machines:t11:o1:1 # text = A radar machine had melted a sweet in his pocket 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 radar radar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 machine machine NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 melted melt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sweet sweet NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | past · perfect · passive | | a radar machine | | his pocket | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} His kettle boiled faster near a radio ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:11-cooking-machines:t11:o2:1 # text = His kettle boiled faster near a radio 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 kettle kettle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 boiled boil VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 5 near near ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 radio radio NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boil** | past | His kettle | | | a radio | | fast *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} His oven door glowed in the dark ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:11-cooking-machines:t11:o3:1 # text = His oven door glowed in the dark 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 oven oven NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 glowed glow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dark dark NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glow** | participle | | His oven door *not said here* | | the dark | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} His toaster had blown up ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:11-cooking-machines:t11:o4:1 # text = His toaster had blown up 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 toaster toaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow up** | past · perfect | His toaster | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: 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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