Test 16 · ★ · Smells that warn

Ben says if u can't smell anything there's no gas danger. true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ben, u, gas danger · What happens: say, not smell, be · To what, where: anything · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 13 «Smells 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	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 smell	mark
4	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 smell	nsubj
5	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 smell	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 smell	advmod
7	smell	smell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
8	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 smell	obj
9	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	10 's	expl
10	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 anything	acl:relcl
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 danger	det
12	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 danger	compound
13	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 's	nsubj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
15	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	parataxis
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ben			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not smell a condition, not said to happen	can	u	anything		vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus
3	be	present	no gas danger		there	vn exist-47.1 «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 · ✓ the right answer

No, carbon monoxide has no smell at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 has	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 has	punct
3	carbon	carbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 monoxide	compound
4	monoxide	monoxide	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 smell	det
7	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 smell	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	carbon monoxide	no smell		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smell=Patient

Option 2

Yes, unless you have a cold and a blocked nose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 have	punct
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	5 have	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 have	nsubj
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cold	det
7	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 have	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 nose	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 nose	det
10	blocked	block	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 nose	amod
11	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	you	a cold and a blocked nose					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Patient
2	block	participle							vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer

Option 3

Yes, gas always smells like smoke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 gas	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 smells	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 smells	advmod
5	smells	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	like	like	ADP	_	7 smoke	case
7	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 smells	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	present	gas					like smoke; always property	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, all dangerous gases smell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 smell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 gases	det
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 gases	amod
5	gases	gas	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 smell	nsubj
6	smell	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	present	all dangerous gases						vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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