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title: A cook wants to cook pasta faster by heating boiling water even more… — Melting, freezing and boiling · tree and pragmatics
description: A cook wants to cook pasta faster by heating boiling water even more strongly. Why will it not get much hotter? Test 5 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 
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# Test 5 · Melting, freezing and boiling

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A cook wants to cook pasta faster by heating boiling water even more strongly. Why will it not get much hotter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cook · **What happens:** want, cook, heat, boil, not get · **To what, where:** pasta, boiling water

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cook wants to cook pasta faster by heating boiling water even more strongly.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:12-melting-freezing-boiling:t5:1
# text = A cook wants to cook pasta faster by heating boiling water even more strongly.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	cook	cook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	pasta	pasta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
8	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	heating	heat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	advcl	_	_
10	boiling	boil	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	even	even	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	14	advmod	_	_
14	strongly	strongly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | a cook |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **cook** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a cook *not said here* | pasta |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pasta=Patient |
| 3 | **heat** | gerund | a cook *not said here* | boiling water |  |  |  | strongly *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
| 4 | **boil** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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 will it not get much hotter?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:12-melting-freezing-boiling:t5:2
# text = Why will it not get much hotter?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	much	much	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	hotter	hot	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The pot cannot hold water that is hotter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:12-melting-freezing-boiling:t5:o1:1
# text = The pot cannot hold water that is hotter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	hotter	hot	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hold** | can | the pot | water |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Water stops taking in heat once it bubbles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:12-melting-freezing-boiling:t5:o2:1
# text = Water stops taking in heat once it bubbles
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	taking	take	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	bubbles	bubble	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | Water |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **take** | gerund | Water *not said here* |  |  | heat |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in heat=Location |
| 3 | **bubble** | present | Water |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The pasta cools the water straight back down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:12-melting-freezing-boiling:t5:o3:1
# text = The pasta cools the water straight back down
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pasta	pasta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cools	cool	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool** | present | the pasta | the water |  |  |  | down *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The extra heat only turns more water into vapour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:12-melting-freezing-boiling:t5:o4:1
# text = The extra heat only turns more water into vapour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	vapour	vapour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | the extra heat | more water |  | vapour |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent water=Theme into vapour=Trajectory |

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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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