Test 19 · ★ · Fire, fireworks, garden dangers and the bathroom

my nan's neighbour's smoke alarm went off at 3am and they all got out in pyjamas, the whole kitchen burnt. what's the real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: smoke alarm, they, neighbour · What happens: go off, get out, burnt, be, alarm · To what, where: 3, whole kitchen, pyjamas, real lesson

This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 219 «Fire, fireworks, garden dangers and the bathroom» 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 nan	nmod:poss
2	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 neighbour	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 nan	case
4	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 alarm	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 neighbour	case
6	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 alarm	compound
7	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 went	nsubj
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	off	off	ADP	_	8 went	compound:prt
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 3	case
11	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 went	obl
12	am	a.m.	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 3	nmod:unmarked
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 got	cc
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 got	nsubj
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 got	nsubj
16	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 went	conj
17	out	out	ADP	_	16 got	advmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 pyjamas	case
19	pyjamas	pyjama	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 got	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 kitchen	punct
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 kitchen	det
22	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 kitchen	amod
23	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 got	obl
24	burnt	burnt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 kitchen	acl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	24 burnt	punct
26	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	30 lesson	nsubj
27	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 lesson	cop
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 lesson	det
29	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 lesson	amod
30	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 burnt	obl
31	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	go off	past	my nan's neighbour's smoke alarm		3 am	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at 3=Location
2	get out	past	they	the whole kitchen	pyjamas	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	burnt	participle		the whole kitchen not said here		tree rules
4	is a	present		the real lesson		tree rules
5	alarm		my nan's neighbour			nom alarm «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

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

Smoke alarms are only annoying when someone is cooking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 alarms	compound
2	alarms	alarm	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 annoying	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 annoying	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 annoying	advmod
5	annoying	annoying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 cooking	advmod
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 cooking	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cooking	cop
9	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 annoying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Smoke alarms					annoying property	tree rules
2	is a	present	someone	cooking					tree rules

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

Smoke alarms give a family the minutes to get out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 alarms	compound
2	alarms	alarm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 give	nsubj
3	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 family	det
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	iobj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 minutes	det
7	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 give	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 get	mark
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 give	advcl
10	out	out	ADV	_	9 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	Smoke alarms		a family		minute		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme
2	get out	to-infinitive	Smoke alarms not said here					out property	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Fires only happen in the kitchen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happen	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 happen	advmod
3	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 kitchen	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kitchen	det
6	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	Fires			the kitchen			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in kitchen=Location

Option 4

Take the battery out so it doesn't beep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 battery	det
3	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	1 Take	compound:prt
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 beep	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 beep	nsubj
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 beep	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 beep	advmod
9	beep	beep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Take	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take out	imperative	you not said here	the battery					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Theme
2	not beep	present · do-support	battery						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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