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title: Mia says if u turn the hob up the boiling water gets way hotter than… — Melting, freezing and boiling · tree and pragmatics
description: Mia says if u turn the hob up the boiling water gets way hotter than 100. right? Test 13 of lesson 12 «Melting, freezing and boiling» of the world 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 13 · Melting, freezing and boiling

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Mia says if u turn the hob up the boiling water gets way hotter than 100. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mia, u, boiling water · **What happens:** say, turn up, boil, get · **To what, where:** hob, way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 of lesson 12 «Melting, freezing and boiling» of the world 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/world/12-melting-freezing-boiling/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:12-melting-freezing-boiling:t13:1
# text = Mia says if u turn the hob up the boiling water gets way hotter than 100. right?
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hob	hob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	boiling	boil	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
13	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	hotter	hot	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	xcomp	_	_
15	than	than	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
18	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mia |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **turn up** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | u | the hob |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hob=Theme |
| 3 | **boil** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **get** | present | the boiling water | way |  |  |  | hot *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus |

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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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Yes, more heat always makes it hotter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:12-melting-freezing-boiling:t13:o1:1
# text = Yes, more heat always makes it hotter
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	hotter	hot	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | more heat | it |  |  |  | always, hot *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it gets colder because it boils away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:12-melting-freezing-boiling:t13:o2:1
# text = No, it gets colder because it boils away
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	colder	cold	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	boils	boil	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | it |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **boil away** | present | it |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it can reach 200 °C if you wait

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:12-melting-freezing-boiling:t13:o3:1
# text = Yes, it can reach 200 °C if you wait
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	200	200	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	°	°	SYM	SYM	_	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	C	c	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	wait	wait	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | can | it | 200 ° C |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent c=Theme |
| 2 | **wait** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, it stays at about 100 °C, it just boils faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:12-melting-freezing-boiling:t13:o4:1
# text = No, it stays at about 100 °C, it just boils faster
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
8	°	°	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	C	C	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	boils	boil	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | it |  |  | 100 |  | ° C | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at 100=Location |
| 2 | **boil** | present | it |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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