Test 20 · ★ · Holidays of the region

my mate says some family's Christmas tree caught fire from candles and the whole house burnt. what's the true lesson?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, Christmas tree · What happens: say, catch, burnt, be · To what, where: fire, candles, whole house, true lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 · ★ of lesson 265 «Holidays of the region» 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 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 family	det
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tree	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 family	case
7	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 tree	compound
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 caught	nsubj
9	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
10	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 caught	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 candles	case
12	candles	candle	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 caught	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 house	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 house	det
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 house	amod
16	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 candles	conj
17	burnt	burnt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 house	acl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 burnt	punct
19	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 lesson	nsubj
20	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 lesson	cop
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 lesson	det
22	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 lesson	amod
23	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 burnt	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	catch	past	some family's Christmas tree	fire	candles and the whole house	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent fire=Theme from candle=Source
3	burnt	participle		the whole house not said here		tree rules
4	is a	present		the true lesson		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.

The options

Option 1

Candles are safe on trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Candles	candle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 safe	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 trees	case
5	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 safe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Candles			trees		safe property	tree rules

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

Candles and lights cause house fires; take care

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Candles	candle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cause	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 lights	cc
3	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Candles	conj
4	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fires	compound
6	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cause	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 take	punct
8	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 cause	conj
9	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	Candles and lights	house fires					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient
2	take	infinitive	Candles and lights not said here	care					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme

Option 3

Christmas trees can't burn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 trees	compound
2	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 burn	nsubj
3	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 burn	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 burn	advmod
5	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not burn	can	Christmas trees						vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Only real trees burn, not fake ones from the shop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 trees	advmod
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 trees	amod
3	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 burn	nsubj
4	burn	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ones	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 ones	advmod
7	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ones	amod
8	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 burn	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 shop	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 shop	det
11	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	present	real trees	fake ones				from the shop	vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Patient from shop=Stimulus

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