Test 7 · ★★ · Fire: what it needs and how to put it out

"who even dies of smoke, it's the flames that get ya" What is the truth?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: smoke, flames · What happens: die, be, get · To what, where: flames, ya, truth

This is test 7 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 dies	punct
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 dies	nsubj
3	even	even	ADV	_	4 dies	advmod
4	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 smoke	case
6	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dies	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 flames	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 flames	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 flames	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 flames	det
11	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dies	advcl
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 get	nsubj
13	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 flames	acl:relcl
14	ya	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 get	obj
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 What	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 get	obj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 truth	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 truth	det
19	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 What	acl:relcl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 dies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	die in a quote	present				of smoke	vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of smoke=Causer
2	is a in a quote	present	smoke	the flames			tree rules
3	get in a quote	present	the flames	the flames	ya		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary what=Theme
4	is a	present		the truth			tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

Most house-fire deaths are from smoke, often while asleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 deaths	amod
2	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fire	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 house	punct
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deaths	compound
5	deaths	death	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 smoke	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 smoke	cop
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 smoke	case
8	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 asleep	punct
10	often	often	ADV	_	12 asleep	advmod
11	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 asleep	mark
12	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 smoke	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Most fire deaths			smoke			tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Only flames can travel through houses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 flames	advmod
2	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 travel	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 travel	aux
4	travel	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	through	through	ADP	_	6 houses	case
6	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 travel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	can	flames			houses			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through house=Trajectory

Option 3

Nobody has ever died from smoke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 died	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 died	aux
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 died	advmod
4	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 smoke	case
6	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present · perfect	Nobody			smoke	ever		vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient from smoke=Causer

Option 4

Smoke is harmless to breathe, and only the flames themselves can hurt you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 harmless	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 breathe	mark
5	breathe	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 harmless	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 hurt	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 hurt	cc
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 flames	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 flames	det
10	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 hurt	nsubj
11	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 flames	nmod
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 hurt	aux
13	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 harmless	parataxis
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 hurt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Smoke		harmless property	tree rules
2	breathe	to-infinitive	Smoke not said here			vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	hurt	can	the flames flames	you		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient

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