Test 19 · ★ · Fire at home

everyone's saying the Lees' fire was started on purpose by their son, pass it on

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, son, Lees · What happens: say, start, pass on, fire · To what, where: fire, purpose · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ 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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 saying	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Lees	det
5	Lees	lee	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fire	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 Lees	case
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 started	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 started	aux:pass
9	started	start	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 saying	ccomp
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 purpose	case
11	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 started	obl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 son	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 son	nmod:poss
14	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 started	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 pass	punct
16	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	advcl
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 pass	obj
18	on	on	ADP	_	16 pass	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	start	past · passive	Lees's son	the Lees's fire	purpose	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality
3	pass on	infinitive	everyone not said here	fire		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	fire		the Lees			nom fire «event transitive»: poss=agent

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

Pass it on, and add that he was laughing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 add	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 add	cc
6	add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	conj
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 laughing	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 laughing	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 laughing	aux
10	laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 add	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	add speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	laugh	past · progressive	he		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Pass it on, because fires do not start alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 start	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 start	mark
6	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 start	nsubj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 start	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 start	advmod
9	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pass	conj
10	alone	alone	ADV	_	9 start	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	not start	present · do-support	fires					alone property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

Pass it on, so the police find out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 find	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 find	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 police	det
7	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 find	nsubj
8	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	parataxis
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 find	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	find out	present	the police						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Do not pass it on; it is a serious rumour that could hurt an innocent family

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 pass	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 pass	advmod
3	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pass	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	3 pass	compound:prt
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 rumour	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 rumour	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 rumour	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 rumour	det
10	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 rumour	amod
11	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pass	parataxis
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 hurt	nsubj
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 hurt	aux
14	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 rumour	acl:relcl
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 family	det
16	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 family	amod
17	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hurt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not pass on	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is a	present	it	a serious rumour	tree rules
3	hurt	could	a serious rumour	a innocent family	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer family=Patient

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