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title: Your little sister is running a bath with only the hot tap. Best adv… — Heating, water pipes and drains · tree and pragmatics
description: Your little sister is running a bath with only the hot tap. Best advice? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Heating, water pipes and drains» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Heating, water pipes and drains

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Your little sister is running a bath with only the hot tap. Best advice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little sister · **What happens:** run · **To what, where:** bath

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Heating, water pipes and drains» 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/13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your little sister is running a bath with only the hot tap.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t9:1
# text = Your little sister is running a bath with only the hot tap.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	tap	tap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present · progressive | Your little sister | a bath |  |  |  | with the hot tap | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bath=Product with tap=Material |

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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:* Best advice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t9:2
# text = Best advice?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Run the cold first and test with your elbow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t9:o1:1
# text = Run the cold first and test with your elbow
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	test	test	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	elbow	elbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cold |  |  |  | first *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cold=Trajectory |
| 2 | **test** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with your elbow | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Jump in quickly before the hot water cools down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t9:o2:1
# text = Jump in quickly before the hot water cools down
1	Jump	jump	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	cools	cool	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump in** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cool down** | present | the hot water |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It's fine, hot water from a tap can never scald you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t9:o3:1
# text = It's fine, hot water from a tap can never scald you
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tap	tap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	scald	scald	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **scald** | can | hot water from a tap | you |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent you=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Test it with the tips of your toes, they feel heat best

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t9:o4:1
# text = Test it with the tips of your toes, they feel heat best
1	Test	test	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tips	tip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	toes	toe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
12	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | with the tips of your toes | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **feel** | present | toes *= toe* | heat |  |  |  | good *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme |

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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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