Test 17 · ★ · Smells that warn

did u hear the Patels' flat nearly blew up cos someone flicked the light on when it smelled of gas, the windows came out

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, someone, light, windows · What happens: hear, blow up, flick on, smell, come out · To what, where: flat, light

This is test 17 · ★ 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Patels	det
5	Patels	patel	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 flat	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 Patels	case
7	flat	flat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obj
8	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	9 blew	advmod
9	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	advcl
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 blew	compound:prt
11	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	13 flicked	mark
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 flicked	nsubj
13	flicked	flick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 blew	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 light	det
15	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 flicked	obj
16	on	on	ADP	_	13 flicked	compound:prt
17	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	19 smelled	advmod
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 smelled	nsubj
19	smelled	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 flicked	advcl
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 gas	case
21	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 smelled	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 came	punct
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 windows	det
24	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 came	nsubj
25	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
26	out	out	ADV	_	25 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	the Patels's flat		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer flat=Stimulus
2	blow up	past	u not said here		nearly property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
3	flick on	past	someone	the light		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme
4	smell	past	light		of gas	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of gas=Theme
5	come out	past	the windows		out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

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

It is gossip, so a gas smell is nothing to worry about

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	_	10 nothing	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	10 nothing	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 smell	det
7	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 smell	compound
8	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 nothing	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 nothing	cop
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 gossip	appos
11	to	to	PART	_	12 worry	mark
12	worry	worry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 nothing	acl
13	about	about	ADP	_	12 worry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	gossip	tree rules
2	is a	present	a gas smell	nothing	tree rules
3	worry	to-infinitive			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

Real lesson: if you smell gas, touch no switches and get out; «windows came out» may be exaggerated

The tree, 18 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	23 exaggerated	nsubj:pass
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 touch	punct
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 smell	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 smell	nsubj
6	smell	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 touch	advcl
7	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 smell	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 smell	punct
9	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 lesson	parataxis
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 switches	det
11	switches	switch	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 touch	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 get	cc
13	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 touch	conj
14	out	out	ADV	_	13 get	advmod
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 came	punct
16	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 came	punct
17	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 came	nsubj
18	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 touch	parataxis
19	out	out	ADV	_	18 came	advmod
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 touch	punct
21	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 exaggerated	aux
22	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	23 exaggerated	aux:pass
23	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	smell a condition, not said to happen	present	you	gas		vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gas=Stimulus
2	touch	infinitive		no switches		tree rules
3	get out	infinitive			out property	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	come out in a quote	past	windows		out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
5	exaggerate	may · passive		Real lesson		tree rules

Option 3

Real lesson: lights are always dangerous to switch on

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	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 dangerous	punct
4	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dangerous	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dangerous	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 dangerous	advmod
7	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 switch	mark
9	switch	switch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 dangerous	xcomp
10	on	on	ADP	_	9 switch	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	lights					always, dangerous property	tree rules
2	switch on	to-infinitive	lights not said here						vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

It proves gas only explodes in flats

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	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proves	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 explodes	advmod
5	explodes	explode	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 proves	advcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 flats	case
7	flats	flat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 explodes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It	gas					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gas=Theme
2	explode	present				flats			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in flat=Location

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