Exam question 2 · Fire, candles and garage and garden tools

Whereas a fire has broken out in a dwelling, state the course of conduct to be followed in respect of pets remaining inside.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, pets · What happens: break out, state, follow, remain, respect · To what, where: fire, dwelling, course, respect, pets

This is exam question 2 of lesson 115 «Fire, candles and garage and garden tools» of the everyday 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	5 broken	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fire	det
3	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 broken	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 broken	aux
5	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 state	advcl
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 broken	compound:prt
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 dwelling	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dwelling	det
9	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 broken	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 broken	punct
11	state	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 course	det
13	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 state	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 conduct	case
15	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 course	nmod
16	to	to	PART	_	18 followed	mark
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 followed	aux:pass
18	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 conduct	acl
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 respect	case
20	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 followed	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 pets	case
22	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 respect	nmod
23	remaining	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	22 pets	acl
24	inside	inside	ADV	_	23 remaining	advmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	break out	present · perfect · passive		a fire	a dwelling		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the course of conduct			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent course=Topic
3	follow	to-infinitive · passive	you not said here		respect of pets		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: in respect=Location
4	remain	gerund	pets not said here			inside property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	respect			pets			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

Leave and tell the firefighters about the pets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 tell	cc
3	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	conj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 firefighters	det
5	firefighters	firefighter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tell	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 pets	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pets	det
8	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	the firefighters				about the pets	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent firefighter=Recipient about pet=Topic

Option 2

Stay inside the house until all of the pets have been found

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	inside	inside	ADP	_	4 house	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 house	det
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stay	obl
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 found	mark
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 found	nsubj:pass
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 pets	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pets	det
9	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 all	nmod
10	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 found	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 found	aux:pass
12	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Stay	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here			the house			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside house=Location
2	find	present · perfect · passive		all					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 3

Open every window and call the pets loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 window	det
3	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Open	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 call	cc
5	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Open	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pets	det
7	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 call	obj
8	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	5 call	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	imperative	you not said here	every window					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location window=Theme
2	call	infinitive	you not said here		the pets			loudly property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pet=Recipient

Option 4

Go back inside to fetch the pets quickly

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	inside	inside	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 fetch	mark
5	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Go	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pets	det
7	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fetch	obj
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	5 fetch	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	imperative	you not said here					inside property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
2	fetch	to-infinitive	you not said here	the pets				quickly property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=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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