Test 16 · ★ · Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons

did u hear a family went back for their dog's toys in the bushfire and nearly got trapped cos the road got blocked? real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, family · What happens: hear, go back, trap, block · To what, where: bushfire, blocked real lesson, road · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 236 «Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 family	det
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	nsubj
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 went	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	12 toys	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 dog	nmod:poss
10	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 toys	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 dog	case
12	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 went	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 bushfire	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bushfire	det
15	bushfire	bushfire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 trapped	cc
17	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	19 trapped	advmod
18	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 trapped	aux:pass
19	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 went	conj
20	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	24 blocked	mark
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 road	det
22	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 blocked	nsubj:pass
23	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 blocked	aux:pass
24	blocked	block	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 lesson	amod
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	24 blocked	punct
26	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 lesson	amod
27	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 trapped	obj
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	go back	past	a family		the bushfire	for their dog's toys	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
3	trap	past · passive	a family not said here	blocked real lesson		nearly property	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: lesson=Patient
4	block	past · passive		the road			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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

Go back if you're quick about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 quick	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 quick	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 quick	cop
6	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Go	advcl
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 quick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	imperative	you not said here						vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	you					about it; quick property	tree rules

Option 2

Roads never get blocked in fires

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 blocked	nsubj:pass
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 blocked	advmod
3	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 blocked	aux:pass
4	blocked	block	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 fires	case
6	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 blocked	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not block	present · passive	fires	Roads					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

Option 3

Wait until you see the flames first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	4 see	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
4	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 flames	det
6	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	obj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	present	you	the flames				first property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flame=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Leave early when told and never go back for things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Leave	advmod
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 told	advmod
4	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Leave	advcl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 go	cc
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 go	advmod
7	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	conj
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 go	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 things	case
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	early property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	participle	you not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not go back	infinitive	you not said here	for things	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

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