Test 17 · ★ · Helpers in town and building sites

my cousin says a boy hid in the wardrobe in a fire cos the firefighter looked like a monster, "they found him just in time". lesson?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, boy, firefighter, they · What happens: say, hide, co, look, find · To what, where: lesson, wardrobe, fire, firefighter · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hid	nsubj
6	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 wardrobe	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wardrobe	det
9	wardrobe	wardrobe	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hid	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 fire	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fire	det
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cos	obl
13	cos	co	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hid	parataxis
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 firefighter	det
15	firefighter	firefighter	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 looked	nsubj
16	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 cos	ccomp
17	like	like	ADP	_	19 monster	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 monster	det
19	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 looked	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 found	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 found	punct
22	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 found	nsubj
23	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 looked	conj
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 found	obj
25	just	just	ADV	_	27 time	advmod
26	in	in	ADP	_	27 time	case
27	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 found	obl
28	"	"	PUNCT	_	27 time	punct
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 hid	punct
30	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hid	obj
31	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my cousin					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hide	past	a boy	lesson	the wardrobe			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lesson=Patient in wardrobe=Location
3	co	present			a fire			tree rules
4	look	past	the firefighter				like a monster	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
5	find in a quote	past	they	firefighter		time		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic

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

Only come out if you know the firefighter by name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 come	advmod
2	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADV	_	2 come	advmod
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 know	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 know	nsubj
6	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 come	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 firefighter	det
8	firefighter	firefighter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 know	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 name	case
10	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 know	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come out	imperative	you not said here					out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
2	know a condition, not said to happen	present	you	the firefighter				by name	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer firefighter=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Hide in a wardrobe until the fire goes out

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 wardrobe	det
4	wardrobe	wardrobe	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hide	obl
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 goes	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fire	det
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 goes	nsubj
8	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hide	advcl
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 goes	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here			a wardrobe			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wardrobe=Location
2	go out	present	the fire						vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Never hide from firefighters; they are there to help

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	from	from	ADP	_	4 firefighters	case
4	firefighters	firefighter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hide	obl
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 there	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 there	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 there	cop
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 hide	parataxis
9	to	to	PART	_	10 help	mark
10	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 there	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	not hide	imperative	you not said here	firefighters		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from firefighter=Beneficiary
2	is	present	firefighters = firefighter		there property	tree rules
3	help	to-infinitive	firefighters = firefighter not said here			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Firefighters only help grown-ups

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Firefighters	firefighter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 help	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 help	advmod
3	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 ups	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 grown	punct
6	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 help	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Firefighters	grown ups					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent up=Beneficiary
2	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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