Test 15 · ★ · Fire at home
chip pan's on fire, mum's not here!!
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fire mum · What happens: not be
This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 34 «Fire 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 | chip | chip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pan | compound |
| 2 | pan | pan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mum | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 pan | case |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 fire | case |
| 5 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mum | compound |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 fire | punct |
| 7 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 here | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 here | cop |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 here | advmod |
| 10 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | root | root |
| 11 | !! | !! | PUNCT | _ | 10 here | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | chip pan's fire mum | here 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Carry the pan outside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pan | det |
| 3 | pan | pan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Carry | obj |
| 4 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 1 Carry | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | imperative | you not said here | the pan | outside property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pan=Theme |
Option 2
Throw a jug of cold water on it fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 jug | det |
| 3 | jug | jug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 water | case |
| 5 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 water | amod |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 jug | nmod |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Throw | obl |
| 9 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Throw | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | a jug of cold water | water | fast property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent jug=Theme on it=Destination |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Get out, do not use water, call for help
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 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 use | punct |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 use | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 use | advmod |
| 6 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | conj |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 use | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 call | punct |
| 9 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | conj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 help | case |
| 11 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 call | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get out | imperative | you not said here | out property | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not use | infinitive · do-support | you not said here | water | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | ||||
| 3 | call | infinitive | you not said here | for help | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient |
Option 4
Blow hard on the flames
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blow | blow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Blow | advmod |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 flames | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 flames | det |
| 5 | flames | flame | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Blow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow | imperative | you not said here | the flames | hard property | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
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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