Exam question 3 · Fire: what it needs and how to put it out

Select the response that is consistent with the established procedure in the event of a domestic fire.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish · To what, where: response, event

This is exam question 3 of lesson 12 «Fire: what it needs and how to put it out» of the chemistry 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 procedure	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 procedure	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 procedure	amod
10	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 event	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 event	det
13	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 fire	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 fire	det
16	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 fire	amod
17	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 event	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		the event of a domestic fire	with the established procedure; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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 · ← Mova's choice

Retrieve personal belongings and pets from every room prior to evacuation, then summon assistance

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Retrieve	retrieve	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 belongings	amod
3	belongings	belonging	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Retrieve	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 pets	cc
5	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 belongings	conj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 room	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 room	det
8	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Retrieve	obl
9	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	11 evacuation	case
10	to	to	ADP	_	9 prior	fixed
11	evacuation	evacuation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Retrieve	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 summon	punct
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 summon	advmod
14	summon	summon	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Retrieve	conj
15	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 summon	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retrieve	imperative	you not said here	personal belongings and pets		every room		prior evacuation	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent belonging=Theme from room=Source
2	summon	infinitive	you not said here	assistance			then		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assistance=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Evacuate without delay, refrain from re-entering, and summon the emergency services

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Evacuate	evacuate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	without	without	ADP	_	3 delay	case
3	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Evacuate	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 refrain	punct
5	refrain	refrain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 delay	conj
6	from	from	SCONJ	_	7 re-entering	mark
7	re-entering	re-enter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 refrain	acl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 summon	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 summon	cc
10	summon	summon	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Evacuate	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 services	det
12	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 services	compound
13	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 summon	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	evacuate	imperative	you not said here		without delay and refrain	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	re-enter	gerund	refrain not said here			tree rules
3	summon	infinitive	you not said here	the emergency services		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Recipient

Option 3

Remain within the dwelling until the fire is extinguished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	within	within	ADP	_	4 dwelling	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dwelling	det
4	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Remain	obl
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 extinguished	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fire	det
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 extinguished	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 extinguished	cop
9	extinguished	extinguished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Remain	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	imperative	you not said here					within the dwelling	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	the fire					extinguished property	tree rules

Option 4

Attempt to extinguish every fire personally

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 extinguish	mark
3	extinguish	extinguish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Attempt	acl
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 fire	det
5	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 extinguish	obj
6	personally	personally	ADV	_	3 extinguish	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extinguish	to-infinitive		every fire				personally property	vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fire=Patient

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