Test 17 · ★ · Fire at home

heard a family's house burned down and the dad went back in for the dog and never came out

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: house, dad · What happens: hear, burn down, go back, not come out

This is test 17 · ★ 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	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 burned	advcl
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 family	det
3	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 house	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 family	case
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 burned	nsubj
6	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	down	down	ADP	_	6 burned	compound:prt
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 went	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dad	det
10	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 burned	conj
12	back	back	ADV	_	11 went	advmod
13	in	in	ADV	_	11 went	advmod
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 dog	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dog	det
16	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 came	cc
18	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	19 came	advmod
19	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 burned	conj
20	out	out	ADV	_	19 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	hear	past	a family's house not said here		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	burn down	past	a family's house		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	go back	past	the dad	for the dog	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
4	not come out	past	a family's house not said here	out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

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

It proves house fires only happen to families with dogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fires	compound
4	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 happen	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 happen	advmod
6	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 proves	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 families	case
8	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 happen	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 dogs	case
10	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 happen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	happen	present	house fires					to families; with dogs	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It is gossip, so going back in is fine if you are quick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gossip	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gossip	cop
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fine	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	10 fine	advmod
6	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 fine	csubj
7	back	back	ADV	_	8 in	advmod
8	in	in	ADV	_	6 going	advmod
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fine	cop
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gossip	parataxis
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 quick	mark
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 quick	nsubj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 quick	cop
14	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	gossip		tree rules
2	go back	gerund				vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
3	is	present	going		fine property	tree rules
4	is a condition, not said to happen	present	you		quick property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Real lesson: once out of a fire, never go back inside, not even for a pet

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 go	punct
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	11 go	advmod
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 fire	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 fire	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fire	det
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 go	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 go	punct
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 go	advmod
11	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 lesson	parataxis
12	back	back	ADV	_	11 go	advmod
13	inside	inside	ADV	_	11 go	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 pet	punct
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 pet	advmod
16	even	even	ADV	_	19 pet	advmod
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 pet	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 pet	det
19	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 go	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go back	infinitive				a fire		a pet vocative; inside, once property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Real lesson: dogs always find their own way out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 find	punct
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 find	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 find	advmod
6	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lesson	parataxis
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 way	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 way	amod
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 find	obj
10	out	out	ADV	_	6 find	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present	dogs	dogs's own way				always, out property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic

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