Test 18 · ★ · Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home

my cousin says a man went back into his burning house for his cat and "got out with his eyebrows on fire". what's the real lesson

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, man · What happens: say, go back, burn, get out, be · To what, where: burning house, real lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ 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	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 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	nsubj
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 went	advmod
8	into	into	ADP	_	11 house	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 house	nmod:poss
10	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 house	amod
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 cat	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 cat	nmod:poss
14	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 got	cc
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 got	punct
17	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 went	conj
18	out	out	ADV	_	17 got	advmod
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 eyebrows	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 eyebrows	nmod:poss
21	eyebrows	eyebrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 got	obl
22	on	on	ADP	_	23 fire	case
23	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 eyebrows	nmod
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 went	punct
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
26	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	30 lesson	nsubj
27	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 lesson	cop
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 lesson	det
29	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 lesson	amod
30	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	go back	past	a man		man's burning house	for man's cat	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
3	burn	gerund					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	get out in a quote	past	a man not said here			with man's eyebrows on fire; out property	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is a	present		the real 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

Grab your favourite things first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 things	nmod:poss
3	favourite	favourite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 things	amod
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Grab	obj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Grab	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	imperative	you not said here	your favourite things				first property	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme

Option 2

Always go back in for pets quickly, before the fire spreads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	2 go	advmod
2	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 go	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 pets	case
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 pets	case
6	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 go	obl
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 go	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 spreads	punct
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 spreads	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fire	det
11	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 spreads	nsubj
12	spreads	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 go	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	imperative	you not said here					in pets; always, quickly property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
2	spread	present	the fire						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Get out and stay out; tell firefighters about the pet

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	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 stay	cc
4	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Get	conj
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 stay	compound:prt
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 tell	punct
7	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Get	conj
8	firefighters	firefighter	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tell	obj
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 pet	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pet	det
11	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get out	imperative	you not said here		out property	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stay out	infinitive	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	firefighters	about the pet	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent firefighter=Recipient about pet=Topic

Option 4

Hide in the bathroom till it ends

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 bathroom	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bathroom	det
4	bathroom	bathroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hide	obl
5	till	till	SCONJ	_	7 ends	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ends	nsubj
7	ends	end	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 bathroom			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bathroom=Location
2	end	present	bathroom						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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