Test 10 · Sounds that warn
smoke alarm going off proper loud, what do i do
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: smoke alarm, i · What happens: go off, do · To what, where: smoke alarm
This is test 10 of lesson 12 «Sounds that warn» 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 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 alarm | compound |
| 2 | alarm | alarm | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 alarm | acl |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 going | compound:prt |
| 5 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 6 loud | advmod |
| 6 | loud | loud | ADV | _ | 3 going | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 do | punct |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 11 do | obj |
| 9 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 do | aux |
| 10 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 do | nsubj |
| 11 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 alarm | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go off | gerund | smoke alarm not said here | loud property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | do | present · do-support | i | smoke alarm | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
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
Hide under your bed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | under | under | ADP | _ | 4 bed | case |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 bed | nmod:poss |
| 4 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hide | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | imperative | you not said here | your bed | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under bed=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Get out and stay out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADV | _ | 1 Get | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 stay | cc |
| 4 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | conj |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 stay | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get out | imperative | you not said here | out property | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | stay out | infinitive | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Look for the fire first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 fire | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fire | det |
| 4 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Look | obl |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Look | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | imperative | you not said here | for the fire; first property | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for fire=Theme |
Option 4
Turn it off and go back to sleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Turn | obj |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Turn | compound:prt |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 go | cc |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Turn | conj |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 go | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 sleep | case |
| 8 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn off | imperative | you not said here | it | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | go back | infinitive | you not said here | to sleep result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to sleep=Result |
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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