Test 12 · ★ · Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home

fire alarm going, i need to grab my cat n my ipad!!

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: fire alarm, i · What happens: go, need, grab, n · To what, where: cat, ipad

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 295 «Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home» 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	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 alarm	compound
2	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 going	nsubj
3	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 need	punct
5	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 need	nsubj
6	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 going	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 grab	mark
8	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 need	xcomp
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 cat	nmod:poss
10	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grab	obj
11	n	n	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 grab	conj
12	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 ipad	nmod:poss
13	ipad	iPad	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 n	obj
14	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	3 going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	go	gerund	fire alarm		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	need	present	i		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	grab not said to happen	to-infinitive	i not said here	my cat	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme
4	n	infinitive	i not said here	my ipad	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

Go back in for the cat once you're out, it's quicker than waiting

The tree, 15 words

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	in	in	ADP	_	6 cat	case
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 cat	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl
7	once	once	SCONJ	_	10 out	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 out	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 out	cop
10	out	out	ADV	_	1 Go	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 quicker	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 quicker	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 quicker	cop
14	quicker	quick	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Go	parataxis
15	than	than	SCONJ	_	16 waiting	mark
16	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 quicker	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	go back	imperative	you not said here	in the cat	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
2	is	present	you	out property	tree rules
3	is	present	cat	quick property	tree rules
4	wait	gerund	cat not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Hide under the bed till it stops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	under	under	ADP	_	4 bed	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bed	det
4	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hide	obl
5	till	till	SCONJ	_	7 stops	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stops	nsubj
7	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hide	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here			the bed			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under bed=Location
2	stop	present	bed						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Get out now, tell the firefighters about the cat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADV	_	1 Get	advmod
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Get	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 tell	punct
5	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Get	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 firefighters	det
7	firefighters	firefighter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tell	obj
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 cat	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cat	det
10	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get out	imperative	you not said here				now	out property	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	the firefighters				about the cat	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent firefighter=Recipient about cat=Topic

Option 4

Grab both quick then leave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 quick	advmod
3	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Grab	advmod
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 leave	advmod
5	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Grab	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	imperative	you not said here						vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	leave	infinitive					then		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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