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Test 4 · ★ · Helpers in town and building sites

In a smoky house a child hears a strange breathing sound and sees a big figure in a mask. What is most likely?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child · What happens: hear, see, be · To what, where: strange breathing sound, smoky house, big figure, mask

This is test 4 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: In a smoky house a child hears a strange breathing sound and sees a big figure in a mask.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 house	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 house	det
3	smoky	smoky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 house	amod
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hears	obl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hears	nsubj
7	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sound	det
9	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sound	amod
10	breathing	breathing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sound	compound
11	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hears	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sees	cc
13	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hears	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 figure	det
15	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 figure	amod
16	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sees	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 mask	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 mask	det
19	mask	mask	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sees	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 hears	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	present	a child	a strange breathing sound		a smoky house			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus
2	see	present	a child not said here	a big figure		a mask			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer figure=Stimulus

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: What is most likely?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 likely	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 likely	cop
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 likely	advmod
4	likely	likely	ADV	_	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 likely	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A monster that came with the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 monster	det
2	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 monster	acl:relcl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 fire	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fire	det
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	a monster					with the fire	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

A burglar using the smoke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 burglar	det
2	burglar	burglar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 burglar	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 smoke	det
5	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 using	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund	a burglar not said here	the smoke					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smoke=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A firefighter coming to save them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 firefighter	det
2	firefighter	firefighter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 firefighter	acl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 save	mark
5	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 coming	advcl
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 save	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	gerund	a firefighter not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	save	to-infinitive	a firefighter not said here	them = they					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

A neighbour playing a game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 neighbour	det
2	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 neighbour	acl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 game	det
5	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 playing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	gerund	a neighbour not said here	a game					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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