Test 17 · Sounds that warn

my aunty's neighbour ignored the smoke alarm cos she thought it was toast and the whole house burned down

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: neighbour, alarm · What happens: ignore, think, be, burn down · To what, where: smoke alarm, toast, whole house · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 aunty	nmod:poss
2	aunty	aunty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 neighbour	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 aunty	case
4	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ignored	nsubj
5	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 alarm	det
7	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 alarm	compound
8	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ignored	obj
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	11 thought	mark
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 thought	nsubj
11	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ignored	advcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 toast	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 toast	cop
14	toast	toast	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 thought	ccomp
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 house	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 house	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 house	amod
18	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 toast	conj
19	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 house	acl
20	down	down	ADP	_	19 burned	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ignore	past	my aunty's neighbour	the smoke alarm	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alarm=Theme
2	think speech: other	past	neighbour		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	alarm	toast and the whole house	tree rules
4	burn down	participle		the whole house not said here	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

It is gossip, so alarms can be ignored

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gossip	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gossip	cop
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ignored	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 ignored	advmod
6	alarms	alarm	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 ignored	nsubj:pass
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 ignored	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 ignored	aux:pass
9	ignored	ignore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 gossip	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	gossip					tree rules
2	ignore	can · passive	gossip not said here	alarms					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Real lesson: toast always sets houses on fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sets	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 toast	punct
4	toast	toast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sets	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 sets	advmod
6	sets	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sets	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 fire	case
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	present	Real lesson	houses		fire		always property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme on fire=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Real lesson: a loud repeating alarm means get out and stay out; the details may be added

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 means	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 means	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 alarm	det
5	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 alarm	amod
6	repeating	repeating	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 alarm	compound
7	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 means	ccomp
10	out	out	ADV	_	9 get	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 stay	cc
12	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 get	conj
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 stay	compound:prt
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 added	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 details	det
16	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 added	nsubj:pass
17	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 added	aux
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 added	aux:pass
19	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 means	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Real lesson			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get out	infinitive			out property	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	stay out	infinitive				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	add speech: assert	may · passive		the details		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

It proves smoke alarms go off for no reason

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 alarms	compound
4	alarms	alarm	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 go	nsubj
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 proves	ccomp
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 go	compound:prt
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 reason	case
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 reason	det
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	go off	present	smoke alarms					for no reason	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme

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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