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Test 3 · ★★ · Fire: what it needs and how to put it out

Your friend tests the smoke alarm by holding a lighter under it. What should he do instead?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, he · What happens: test, hold, do · To what, where: smoke alarm, lighter

This is test 3 · ★★ 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 friend tests the smoke alarm by holding a lighter under 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 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tests	nsubj
3	tests	test	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 alarm	det
5	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 alarm	compound
6	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tests	obj
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 holding	mark
8	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 tests	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lighter	det
10	lighter	light	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 holding	obj
11	under	under	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 lighter	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tests	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	present	Your friend	the smoke alarm					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alarm=Theme
2	hold	gerund	Your friend not said here	a lighter				under friend	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent light=Theme under it=Location

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 he do instead?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	instead	instead	ADV	_	4 do	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	he					instead property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Spray it with water from a bottle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spray	spray	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spray	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 water	case
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Spray	obl
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 bottle	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bottle	det
7	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Spray	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spray	imperative	you not said here	it		a bottle		with water	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with water=Theme

Option 2

Blow smoke at it from a candle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smoke	compound
2	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 smoke	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 candle	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 candle	det
7	candle	candle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smoke	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Hit it hard with a broom handle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hit	obj
3	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Hit	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 handle	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 handle	det
6	broom	broom	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 handle	compound
7	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	imperative	you not said here	it				with a broom handle; hard property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with handle=Instrument

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Press the alarm's test button

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Press	press	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 alarm	det
3	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 button	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 alarm	case
5	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 button	compound
6	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Press	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	imperative	you not said here	the alarm's test button					vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Theme

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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