Test 8 · ★ · Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel…
A boy escapes a house fire and remembers his phone is inside. What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, phone · What happens: escape, remember, be, do · To what, where: house fire · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 322 «Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel plugs, balconies, toddlers, medicines, fire and fireworks» 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: A boy escapes a house fire and remembers his phone is inside.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 escapes | nsubj |
| 3 | escapes | escape | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 fire | det |
| 5 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fire | compound |
| 6 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 escapes | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 remembers | cc |
| 8 | remembers | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 escapes | conj |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 phone | nmod:poss |
| 10 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 inside | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 inside | cop |
| 12 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 8 remembers | ccomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 escapes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | present | a boy | a house fire | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fire=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | remember | present | a boy not said here | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | boy's phone | inside property | 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.
Sentence 2: What should he do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | boy | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Stay outside; nothing inside is worth his life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 1 Stay | advmod |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 worth | punct |
| 4 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 worth | nsubj |
| 5 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 4 nothing | advmod |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 worth | cop |
| 7 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stay | conj |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 life | nmod:poss |
| 9 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 worth | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | outside property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | nothing | worth property | tree rules |
Option 2
Go in through the back door instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| 3 | through | through | ADP | _ | 6 door | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 door | det |
| 5 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 door | compound |
| 6 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Go | obl |
| 7 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in | imperative | you not said here | the back door | instead property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through door=Initial_Location |
Option 3
Ask a friend to fetch it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 friend | det |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 fetch | mark |
| 5 | fetch | fetch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 fetch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | a friend | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | fetch not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | friend | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Run back in quickly to fetch it, before the fire reaches his room
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Run | advmod |
| 3 | in | in | ADV | _ | 1 Run | advmod |
| 4 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Run | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 fetch | mark |
| 6 | fetch | fetch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Run | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 fetch | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 reaches | punct |
| 9 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 12 reaches | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 fire | det |
| 11 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 reaches | nsubj |
| 12 | reaches | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Run | advcl |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 room | nmod:poss |
| 14 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 reaches | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run back | imperative | you not said here | quickly property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | fetch | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 3 | reach | present | the fire | fire's room | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent room=Theme |
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