Test 4 · ★★ · Fire: what it needs and how to put it out

In a cartoon, a boy runs back into a burning house to fetch his teddy. What is the right rule?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, right rule · What happens: run back, burn, fetch, be · To what, where: cartoon, teddy

This is test 4 · ★★ 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: In a cartoon, a boy runs back into a burning house to fetch his teddy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 runs	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 boy	det
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 runs	nsubj
7	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 runs	advmod
9	into	into	ADP	_	12 house	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 house	det
11	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 house	amod
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 runs	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 fetch	mark
14	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 runs	advcl
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 teddy	nmod:poss
16	teddy	teddy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fetch	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 runs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	run back	present	a boy		a cartoon	into a burning house result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into house=Result
2	burn	gerund					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	fetch	to-infinitive	a boy not said here	boy's teddy			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teddy=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: What is the right rule?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rule	det
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rule	amod
5	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the right rule						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Go back in quickly if it is a favourite toy and the stairs are clear

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 quickly	case
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Go	obl
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 toy	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 toy	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 toy	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 toy	det
9	favourite	favourite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 toy	amod
10	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	advcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 stairs	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stairs	det
13	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 toy	conj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 clear	cop
15	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Go	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go back	imperative	you not said here			vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
2	is a a condition, not said to happen	present	it	a favourite toy and the stairs		tree rules
3	is	present			clear property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Get out, stay out; never go back in for toys or pets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADV	_	1 Get	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stay	punct
4	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Get	conj
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 stay	compound:prt
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 go	advmod
8	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Get	conj
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 go	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 toys	case
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 toys	case
12	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 go	obl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 pets	cc
14	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 toys	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	get out	imperative	you not said here		out property	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stay out	infinitive	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not go back	infinitive	you not said here	toys or pets		vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Go back if the fire looks small

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 looks	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fire	det
5	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 looks	nsubj
6	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	advcl
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 looks	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	imperative	you not said here						vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
2	look a condition, not said to happen	present	the fire					small property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Go back if you hold your breath

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 hold	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 hold	nsubj
5	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	advcl
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 breath	nmod:poss
7	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	imperative	you not said here						vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
2	hold a condition, not said to happen	present	you	your breath					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme

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