Test 5 · ★★ · Hiking and camping safely
A camper says «I can't smell anything, so the heater in the tent is safe». Why is he wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: camper, heater · What happens: say, not smell, be · To what, where: anything · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 230 «Hiking and camping safely» 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
Sentence 1: A camper says «I can't smell anything, so the heater in the tent is safe».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 camper | det |
| 2 | camper | camper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 smell | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 smell | nsubj |
| 6 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 smell | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 smell | advmod |
| 8 | smell | smell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 smell | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 safe | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 safe | advmod |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 heater | det |
| 13 | heater | heater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 safe | nsubj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 tent | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 tent | det |
| 16 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 heater | nmod |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 safe | cop |
| 18 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 18 safe | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a camper | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not smell in a quote | can | a camper = camper | anything | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | the heater in the tent | safe property | tree rules |
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.
Sentence 2: Why is he wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 wrong | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 wrong | cop |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wrong | nsubj |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | camper | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Carbon monoxide always smells strongly of rotten eggs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carbon | carbon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 monoxide | compound |
| 2 | monoxide | monoxide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 smells | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 smells | advmod |
| 4 | smells | smell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | strongly | strongly | ADV | _ | 4 smells | advmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 eggs | case |
| 7 | rotten | rotten | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 eggs | amod |
| 8 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 smells | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smell | present | Carbon monoxide | of rotten eggs; always, strongly property | vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of egg=Theme |
Option 2
Heaters only ever give off smoke that you can see
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heaters | heater | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 give | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 give | advmod |
| 3 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 give | advmod |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 give | compound:prt |
| 6 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 see | obj |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 see | nsubj |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 see | aux |
| 10 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 smoke | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give off | infinitive | Heaters | smoke | ever | vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source smoke=Theme | |||
| 2 | see | can | you | smoke | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Carbon monoxide is a poison gas with no smell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carbon | carbon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 monoxide | compound |
| 2 | monoxide | monoxide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gas | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 gas | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 gas | det |
| 5 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gas | compound |
| 6 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 smell | case |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 smell | det |
| 9 | smell | smell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gas | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Carbon monoxide | a poison gas | with no smell | tree rules |
Option 4
Tents let all gases out at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tents | tent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 let | nsubj |
| 2 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 gases | det |
| 4 | gases | gas | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 let | obj |
| 5 | out | out | ADV | _ | 2 let | advmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 once | case |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 2 let | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let out | present | Tents | all gases | out property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent gas=Theme at once=Asset |
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