Test 19 · ★ · Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling

Ruby's towel on the heater set off the smoke alarm n the whole street says her house "nearly blew up". pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: heater, towel, house · What happens: set off, say, blow up, pass on · To what, where: smoke alarm, house · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ 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	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 towel	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Ruby	case
3	towel	towel	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 says	nsubj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 heater	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 heater	det
6	heater	heater	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 towel	nmod
7	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 heater	acl
8	off	off	ADP	_	11 alarm	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 alarm	det
10	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 alarm	compound
11	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 set	obl
12	n	n	ADP	_	15 street	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 street	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 street	amod
15	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 set	obl
16	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 house	nmod:poss
18	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 blew	nsubj
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 house	punct
20	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	21 blew	advmod
21	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 says	ccomp
22	up	up	ADP	_	21 blew	compound:prt
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 blew	punct
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 says	punct
25	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 says	ccomp
26	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 pass	obj
27	on	on	ADP	_	25 pass	compound:prt
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	set off	participle	the heater not said here	the smoke alarm	n the whole street	vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition alarm=Patient
2	say speech: assert	present	Ruby's towel on the heater			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	blow up in a quote	past	Ruby's house		nearly property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
4	pass on	infinitive		house		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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

Yes, people should keep well away from her house in case it blows up

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 keep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 keep	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 keep	aux
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 away	advmod
7	away	away	ADV	_	5 keep	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 house	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 house	nmod:poss
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obl
11	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	14 blows	mark
12	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 in	fixed
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 blows	nsubj
14	blows	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 keep	advcl
15	up	up	ADP	_	14 blows	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	should	people			her house		away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from house=Eventuality
2	blow up	present	case						vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, that is exaggerated; the lesson is never put cloth on heaters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 exaggerated	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 exaggerated	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 exaggerated	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 exaggerated	aux:pass
5	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 put	advcl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 exaggerated	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lesson	det
8	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 exaggerated	obj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 put	aux:pass
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 put	advmod
11	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 put	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 heaters	case
14	heaters	heater	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exaggerate	present · passive		that					tree rules
2	not put	present · passive		cloth		heaters			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: cloth=Theme on heater=Destination

Option 3

Yes, but tell it as a funny story only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	4 tell	cc
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	9 story	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 story	det
8	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 story	amod
9	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obl
10	only	only	ADV	_	9 story	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		it			as a funny story	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient

Option 4

Yes, because the alarm really went off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 went	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 went	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 alarm	det
5	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 went	nsubj
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 went	advmod
7	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 went	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go off	past	the alarm						vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme

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