Test 17 · ★ · Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling

did u hear a whole family nearly died cos they ran a generator in the garage, a neighbour saved em. real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, whole family, they, neighbour · What happens: hear, die, run, save · To what, where: whole family, generator, garage, em

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 117 «Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 family	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 family	amod
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obj
7	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	8 died	advmod
8	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 family	acl:relcl
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	11 ran	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 ran	nsubj
11	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 died	advcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 generator	det
13	generator	generator	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ran	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 garage	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 garage	det
16	garage	garage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 generator	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 saved	punct
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 neighbour	det
19	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 saved	nsubj
20	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 died	conj
21	em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 saved	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
23	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 lesson	amod
24	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl:unmarked
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	a whole family		real lesson obl:unmarked	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer family=Stimulus
2	die	past	a whole family not said here			nearly property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	run	past	they	a generator	the garage		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent generator=Theme in garage=Trajectory
4	save	past	a neighbour	em = they			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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.

The options

Option 1

Garages are safe if the door is half open

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Garages	garage	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 safe	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 open	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 open	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 open	cop
8	half	half	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	9 open	advmod
9	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 safe	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Garages					safe property	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	the door					half, open property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

You will always smell the gas in plenty of time to get out safely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 smell	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 smell	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 smell	advmod
4	smell	smell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gas	det
6	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smell	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 plenty	case
8	plenty	plenty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smell	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 time	case
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 plenty	nmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 get	mark
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 smell	advcl
13	out	out	ADV	_	12 get	advmod
14	safely	safely	ADV	_	12 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	future	You	the gas		plenty of time		always property	vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent gas=Theme in plenty=Location
2	get out	to-infinitive	You not said here					out, safely property	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Carbon monoxide kills with no smell, so never run engines inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carbon	carbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 monoxide	compound
2	monoxide	monoxide	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kills	nsubj
3	kills	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 smell	case
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 smell	det
6	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kills	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 run	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 run	advmod
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 run	advmod
10	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 kills	parataxis
11	engines	engine	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 run	obj
12	inside	inside	ADV	_	10 run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	present	Carbon monoxide					with no smell	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	not run	infinitive		engines				inside property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme engine=Trajectory

Option 4

Generators are only dangerous if they are old

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Generators	generator	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dangerous	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dangerous	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 dangerous	advmod
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 old	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 old	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 old	cop
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dangerous	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Generators					dangerous property	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	Generators = generator					old property	tree rules

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