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Test 2 · ★★ · Fuels, the Sun and saving energy

A pan of oil catches fire on the cooker. Why would putting a lid or fire blanket over it help?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: pan · What happens: catch, put, help · To what, where: fire, cooker, lid

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 32 «Fuels, the Sun and saving energy» of the physics 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.

The question

Sentence 1: A pan of oil catches fire on the cooker.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pan	det
2	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 catches	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 oil	case
4	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pan	nmod
5	catches	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 catches	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 cooker	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cooker	det
9	cooker	cooker	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 catches	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 catches	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	present	a pan of oil	fire		the cooker			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=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: Why would putting a lid or fire blanket over it help?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 putting	advmod
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 putting	aux
3	putting	put	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lid	det
5	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 putting	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 blanket	cc
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 blanket	compound
8	blanket	blanket	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lid	conj
9	over	over	ADP	_	11 help	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 help	nsubj
11	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 putting	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 putting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	would		a lid or fire blanket					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent lid=Goal
2	help	infinitive	pan						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

It cools the hot pan down straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cools	nsubj
2	cools	cool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pan	det
4	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pan	amod
5	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cools	obj
6	down	down	ADV	_	2 cools	advmod
7	straight	straight	ADV	_	8 away	advmod
8	away	away	ADV	_	2 cools	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cool	present	It	the hot pan				away, down property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pan=Patient

Option 2

It turns the burning oil into plain water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 turns	nsubj
2	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 oil	det
4	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 oil	amod
5	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 water	amod
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	It	the burning oil		plain water			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent oil=Theme into water=Trajectory
2	burn	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

It cuts off the oxygen the fire needs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cuts	nsubj
2	cuts	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 cuts	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 oxygen	det
5	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cuts	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fire	det
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 needs	nsubj
8	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 cuts	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut off	present	It	the oxygen					vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector oxygen=Eventuality
2	need	present	the fire						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 4

It squashes the flames flat against the oil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 squashes	nsubj
2	squashes	squash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 flames	det
4	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 squashes	obj
5	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 squashes	xcomp
6	against	against	ADP	_	8 oil	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 oil	det
8	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 squashes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squash	present	It	the flames		the oil		flat property	vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent flame=Theme against oil=Trajectory

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