Test 18 · ★ · Fire at home

my cousin says in a fire u should hide under the bed where the smoke can't get u

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, u, smoke · What happens: say, hide, not get · To what, where: fire, u · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ 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	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	in	in	ADP	_	6 fire	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fire	det
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hide	obl
7	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 hide	nsubj
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 hide	aux
9	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
10	under	under	ADP	_	12 bed	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bed	det
12	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hide	obl
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	18 get	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 smoke	det
15	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 get	nsubj
16	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 get	aux
17	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 get	advmod
18	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 hide	advcl
19	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 get	obj

#	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	hide	should	u		a fire	under the bed	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in fire=Location
3	not get	can	the smoke	u			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

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

He is right, beds block the smoke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 block	punct
5	beds	bed	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 block	nsubj
6	block	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 smoke	det
8	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 block	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	block	present	beds	the smoke					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer smoke=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wrong; never hide in a fire, get out low and fast, because firefighters may not find you

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 hide	punct
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 hide	advmod
4	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wrong	advcl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 fire	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fire	det
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hide	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 get	punct
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hide	conj
10	out	out	ADV	_	9 get	advmod
11	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 get	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 fast	cc
13	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 low	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 find	punct
15	because	because	SCONJ	_	19 find	mark
16	firefighters	firefighter	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 find	nsubj
17	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 find	aux
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 find	advmod
19	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hide	advcl
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	19 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not hide	infinitive			a fire		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in fire=Location
2	get out	infinitive				low, out property	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not find	may	firefighters	you			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic

Option 3

He is right, but only in a small bedroom with the door shut and a wet towel under it

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bedroom	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 bedroom	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	10 bedroom	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 bedroom	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bedroom	det
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bedroom	amod
10	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	parataxis
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 door	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 door	det
13	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bedroom	nmod
14	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bedroom	amod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 towel	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 towel	det
17	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 towel	amod
18	towel	towel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bedroom	conj
19	under	under	ADP	_	20 it	case
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 towel	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules

Option 4

He is right, if you take a pillow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 take	punct
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 take	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 take	nsubj
7	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pillow	det
9	pillow	pillow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	take a condition, not said to happen	present	you	a pillow					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pillow=Theme

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