Test 16 · Bedroom, living room and manners at home

did u hear a boy's phone under his pillow "caught fire n burnt his whole room down". what's probs exaggerated

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, fire · What happens: hear, catch, burnt, be, exaggerate · To what, where: phone, pillow, whole room, probs · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 of lesson 119 «Bedroom, living room and manners at home» 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	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 phone	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 boy	case
7	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obj
8	under	under	ADP	_	10 pillow	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 pillow	nmod:poss
10	pillow	pillow	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 caught	obl
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 pillow	punct
12	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	advcl
13	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 burnt	nsubj
14	n	n	ADV	Degree=Cmp	15 burnt	advmod
15	burnt	burnt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 caught	ccomp
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 room	nmod:poss
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 room	amod
18	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 burnt	obj
19	down	down	ADV	_	15 burnt	advmod
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 burnt	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
22	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	24 probs	nsubj
23	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 probs	cop
24	probs	prob	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hear	parataxis
25	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 probs	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	a boy's phone			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer phone=Stimulus
2	catch in a quote	past	u not said here		boy's pillow		tree rules
3	burnt in a quote	past	fire	fire's whole room		down 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 you should always charge a phone on a hard surface, not in bed

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 charge	obl
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 charge	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 charge	aux
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 charge	advmod
5	charge	charge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 phone	det
7	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 charge	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 surface	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 surface	det
10	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 surface	amod
11	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 charge	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bed	punct
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 bed	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 bed	case
15	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 charge	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charge	should	you	That		a hard surface		in bed; always property	tree rules

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

The whole room; a phone under a pillow can scorch and start a fire

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 room	det
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 room	amod
3	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 scorch	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 phone	det
6	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 scorch	nsubj
7	under	under	ADP	_	9 pillow	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pillow	det
9	pillow	pillow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 phone	nmod
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 scorch	aux
11	scorch	scorch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 room	acl:relcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 start	cc
13	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 scorch	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 fire	det
15	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 start	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scorch	can	a phone under a pillow	the whole room not said here					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent room=Patient
2	start	infinitive	a phone under a pillow not said here	a fire					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality

Option 3

That phones get hot when they charge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 phones	det
2	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	nsubj
3	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 get	xcomp
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 charge	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 charge	nsubj
7	charge	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 get	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	that phones					hot property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	charge	present	phones = phone						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

That pillows and blankets trap heat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 pillows	det
2	pillows	pillow	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 trap	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 blankets	cc
4	blankets	blanket	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pillows	conj
5	trap	trap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trap	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trap	present	that pillows and blankets	heat					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Patient

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