Test 12 · ★ · Helpers in town and building sites

there's a fire n a firefighter in a mask, i'm scared, hide under bed?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fire, i · What happens: be, hide · To what, where: bed

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 274 «Helpers in town and building sites» 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	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 's	expl
2	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fire	det
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 's	nsubj
5	n	and	CCONJ	Abbr=Yes	7 firefighter	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 firefighter	det
7	firefighter	firefighter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fire	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 mask	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 mask	det
10	mask	mask	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 firefighter	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 scared	punct
12	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 scared	nsubj
13	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 scared	cop
14	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 's	advcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 hide	punct
16	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 scared	conj
17	under	under	ADP	_	18 bed	case
18	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hide	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 's	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	does	present	a fire and a firefighter in a mask	there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	i		scared property	tree rules
3	hide	infinitive	i not said here	bed		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under bed=Location

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

Hide in the wardrobe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 wardrobe	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wardrobe	det
4	wardrobe	wardrobe	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here			the wardrobe			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wardrobe=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Hide till they leave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	till	till	SCONJ	_	4 leave	mark
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 leave	nsubj
4	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hide	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present	they						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Lock the bedroom door so the smoke stays out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lock	lock	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 door	det
3	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 door	compound
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lock	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 stays	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 smoke	det
7	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stays	nsubj
8	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Lock	advcl
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 stays	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	imperative	you not said here	the bedroom door					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient
2	stay out	present	the smoke						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Never hide, go to the firefighter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 hide	advmod
2	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 go	punct
4	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 hide	conj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 firefighter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 firefighter	det
7	firefighter	firefighter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hide	imperative	you not said here						vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	go	infinitive	you not said here			the firefighter			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to firefighter=Initial_Location

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