Exam question 1 · Food on the floor and kitchen rules

Identify the principal reason for which water must not be applied to a fire in a pan of cooking oil.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, not apply · To what, where: principal reason, water, pan

This is exam question 1 of lesson 22 «Food on the floor and kitchen rules» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 applied	obl
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 applied	nsubj:pass
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 applied	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 applied	advmod
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 applied	aux:pass
11	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 fire	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 fire	det
14	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 applied	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 pan	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 pan	det
17	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 applied	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 oil	case
19	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 oil	compound
20	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 pan	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	not apply	must · passive		water		a pan of cooking oil		for the principal reason; to a fire	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for which=Eventuality

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

Option 1

The water combines with the oil to form a flammable gas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 combines	nsubj
3	combines	combine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 oil	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 oil	det
6	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 combines	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 form	mark
8	form	form	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 combines	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 gas	det
10	flammable	flammable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 gas	amod
11	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 form	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	combine	present	the water					with the oil	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with oil=Co-Patient
2	form	to-infinitive	the water not said here	a flammable gas					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gas=Theme

Option 2

The water renders the flames hotter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 renders	nsubj
3	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 flames	det
5	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 renders	obj
6	hotter	hot	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 renders	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	the water	the flames				hot property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flame=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The water is converted to steam and expels burning oil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 converted	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 converted	cop
4	converted	converted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 steam	case
6	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 converted	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 expels	cc
8	expels	expel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 converted	conj
9	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 oil	amod
10	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 converted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	the water	to steam; converted property	tree rules
2	expel	present	the water not said here		vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	burn	gerund			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The water causes the oil to solidify and fracture the pan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 causes	nsubj
3	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 oil	det
5	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 causes	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 solidify	mark
7	solidify	solidify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 causes	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fracture	cc
9	fracture	fracture	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 solidify	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pan	det
11	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fracture	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cause	present	the water	the oil	tree rules
2	solidify	to-infinitive	the oil not said here		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	fracture	infinitive	the oil not said here	the pan	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pan=Patient

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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