Test 1 · ★★ · Fire: what it needs and how to put it out
Your mate says: "Chip pan's on fire, chuck a bucket of water on it!" What should happen instead?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate · What happens: say, chuck, happen · To what, where: bucket, mate · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 12 «Fire: what it needs and how to put it out» of the chemistry 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: Your mate says: "Chip pan's on fire, chuck a bucket of water on it!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 pan | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 pan | punct |
| 6 | Chip | chip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pan | compound |
| 7 | pan | pan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 pan | case |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 fire | case |
| 10 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pan | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 chuck | punct |
| 12 | chuck | chuck | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 bucket | det |
| 14 | bucket | bucket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 chuck | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 water | case |
| 16 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bucket | nmod |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 it | case |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 chuck | obl |
| 19 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 12 chuck | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 chuck | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: express | present | Your mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | chuck in a quote | infinitive | a bucket of water | mate | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme on it=Destination |
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: What should happen instead?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 3 happen | advmod |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | should | instead property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Carry the pan outside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pan | det |
| 3 | pan | pan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Carry | obj |
| 4 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 1 Carry | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | imperative | you not said here | the pan | outside property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pan=Theme |
Option 2
Throw the water quickly, because water always puts out every fire
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 water | det |
| 3 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obj |
| 4 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Throw | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 puts | punct |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 puts | mark |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 puts | nsubj |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 puts | advmod |
| 9 | puts | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Throw | advcl |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 puts | compound:prt |
| 11 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 fire | det |
| 12 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 puts | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | the water | quickly property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | |||
| 2 | put out | present | water | every fire | always property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent fire=Goal |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Never water: cover it with a lid and get out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 water | advmod |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cover | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 cover | punct |
| 4 | cover | cover | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cover | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 lid | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 lid | det |
| 8 | lid | lid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cover | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 get | cc |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 cover | conj |
| 11 | out | out | ADV | _ | 10 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | infinitive | water | it | with a lid | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with lid=Theme | |||
| 2 | get out | infinitive | water not said here | out property | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Blow on it hard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blow | blow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 it | case |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Blow | obl |
| 4 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Blow | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow | imperative | you not said here | it | hard property | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
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