--- title: The hob's been off for 5 minutes. Is it safe to touch? — Kitchen and garden dangers · tree and pragmatics description: The hob's been off for 5 minutes. Is it safe to touch? Test 7 of lesson 15 «Kitchen and garden dangers» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/t7/) [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/) / [Kitchen and garden dangers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/) / t7 # Test 7 · Kitchen and garden dangers The hob's been off for 5 minutes. Is it safe to touch? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hob, it · **What happens:** be off, be, touch This is test 7 of lesson 15 «Kitchen and garden dangers» 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/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The hob's been off for 5 minutes. ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:t7:1 # text = The hob's been off for 5 minutes. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hob hob NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 been be VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be off** | present · passive | the hob | | | | minute | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* Is it safe to touch? ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:t7:2 # text = Is it safe to touch? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **touch** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Yes, hobs cool down in a few seconds once switched off ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:t7:o1:1 # text = Yes, hobs cool down in a few seconds once switched off 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 hobs hob NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cool cool VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 down down ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 11 advmod _ _ 11 switched switch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 12 off off ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cool down** | present | hobs | | | | second | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **switch off** | participle | hobs *not said here* | | | | | once *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Not yet; hobs stay hot after they are off ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:t7:o2:1 # text = Not yet; hobs stay hot after they are off 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 yet yet ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 hobs hob NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stay stay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 7 after after SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 off off ADV RB _ 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | present | hobs | | | | yet | hot *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | hobs *= hob* | | | | | off *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, if the light is off ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:t7:o3:1 # text = Yes, if the light is off 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 off off ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the light | | | | | off *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, because it is still cooking ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:t7:o4:1 # text = No, because it is still cooking 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 7 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 still still ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 cooking cooking NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | still | because cooking | tree rules | **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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