Test 17 · ★ · Fire, candles and garage and garden tools

did u hear the Smiths' house burnt down cos of a candle n "the flames were 50 metres high". what's probs exaggerated

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, flames · What happens: hear, burnt down, be, exaggerate · To what, where: house burnt cos, probs · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 115 «Fire, candles and garage and garden tools» of the everyday 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Smiths	det
5	Smiths	smith	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 cos	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 Smiths	case
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cos	compound
8	burnt	burnt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 cos	amod
9	down	down	ADP	_	8 burnt	compound:prt
10	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 n	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 n	det
13	candle	candle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 n	compound
14	n	n	NOUN	_	21 high	obl
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 n	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 flames	det
17	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 high	nsubj
18	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 high	cop
19	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	20 metres	nummod
20	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 high	obl:unmarked
21	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cos	amod
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 high	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
24	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	26 probs	nsubj
25	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 probs	cop
26	probs	prob	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hear	parataxis
27	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 probs	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	the Smiths's house burnt cos		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cos=Stimulus
2	burnt down	participle				tree rules
3	is in a quote	past	the flames		of a candle n; 50 metres obl:unmarked; high property	tree rules
4	is a	present		probs		tree rules
5	exaggerate	participle		probs not said here		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

That a candle can set curtains alight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 candle	det
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 candle	det
3	candle	candle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 set	aux
5	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	curtains	curtain	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 set	obj
7	alight	alight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 set	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	can	that candle	curtains				alight property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient curtain=Result

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The 50 metres; candles near curtains really do start fires

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 metres	det
2	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 metres	nummod
3	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 start	nsubj
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 candles	punct
5	candles	candle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 metres	appos
6	near	near	ADP	_	7 curtains	case
7	curtains	curtain	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 candles	nmod
8	really	really	ADV	_	10 start	advmod
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 start	aux
10	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 start	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present · do-support	the 50 metres	fires					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

That fire spreads through a room fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 fire	det
2	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spreads	nsubj
3	spreads	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 room	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 room	det
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spreads	obl
7	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 spreads	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	present	that fire			a room		fast property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through room=Location

Option 4

That a smoke alarm can give people enough time to get out safely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 alarm	det
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 smoke	det
3	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 alarm	compound
4	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 give	aux
6	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 give	iobj
8	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 get	mark
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 give	advcl
12	out	out	ADV	_	11 get	advmod
13	safely	safely	ADV	_	11 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	can	that smoke alarm		people		time		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme
2	get out	to-infinitive	that smoke alarm not said here					out, safely property	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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