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title: Tom touched the black glass of an induction hob next to a pan and it… — Cooking machines: oven, microwave, ket… · tree and pragmatics
description: Tom touched the black glass of an induction hob next to a pan and it was only warm. Why? Test 8 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; Mov
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# Test 8 · Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob

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Tom touched the black glass of an induction hob next to a pan and it was only warm. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tom, glass · **What happens:** touch, be · **To what, where:** black glass

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tom touched the black glass of an induction hob next to a pan and it was only warm.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:11-cooking-machines:t8:1
# text = Tom touched the black glass of an induction hob next to a pan and it was only warm.
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	induction	induction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	hob	hob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	next	next	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	only	only	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | past | Tom | the black glass of a induction hob |  |  |  | to a pan | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme glass=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | glass |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | 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:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:11-cooking-machines:t8:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Glass can never get hot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:11-cooking-machines:t8:o1:1
# text = Glass can never get hot
1	Glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | can | Glass |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The hob was switched off all along

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:11-cooking-machines:t8:o2:1
# text = The hob was switched off all along
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hob	hob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	switched	switch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	along	along	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch off** | past · passive |  | the hob |  |  |  | along *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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

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The magnetic field heats the pan, not the glass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:11-cooking-machines:t8:o3:1
# text = The magnetic field heats the pan, not the glass
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	heats	heat	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	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat** | present | the magnetic field | the pan |  |  |  | the glass *obl* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pan=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Induction hobs only work with pans full of cold water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:11-cooking-machines:t8:o4:1
# text = Induction hobs only work with pans full of cold water
1	Induction	induction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	hobs	hob	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pans	pan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Induction hobs |  |  |  |  | with pans; full *property* | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with pan=Co-Agent |

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