Test 3 · ★ · Fire at home
Leo's shirt catches fire from a candle. What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: shirt, Leo · What happens: catch, do · To what, where: fire, candle
This is test 3 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Leo's shirt catches fire from a candle.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 shirt | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Leo | case |
| 3 | shirt | shirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 catches | nsubj |
| 4 | catches | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 catches | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 candle | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 candle | det |
| 8 | candle | candle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 catches | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 catches | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | present | Leo's shirt | fire | a candle | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent fire=Theme from candle=Source |
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 | Leo | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Pull the shirt off over his head while running to the tap
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 shirt | det |
| 3 | shirt | shirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pull | obj |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Pull | compound:prt |
| 5 | over | over | ADP | _ | 7 head | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 head | nmod:poss |
| 7 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pull | obl |
| 8 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 9 running | mark |
| 9 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Pull | advcl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 tap | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 tap | det |
| 12 | tap | tap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 running | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull off | imperative | you not said here | the shirt | his head | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | run | gerund | you not said here | to the tap result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to tap=Result |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Stop, drop to the ground, cover his face and roll
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 drop | punct |
| 3 | drop | drop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stop | conj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 ground | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 ground | det |
| 6 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drop | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 cover | punct |
| 8 | cover | cover | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stop | conj |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 face | nmod:poss |
| 10 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cover | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 roll | cc |
| 12 | roll | roll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 face | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | drop | infinitive | you not said here | the ground | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to ground=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | cover | infinitive | you not said here | his face and roll | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme face=Destination |
Option 3
Run outside fast so the wind blows the flames out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 1 Run | advmod |
| 3 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Run | advmod |
| 4 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 7 blows | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 wind | det |
| 6 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 blows | nsubj |
| 7 | blows | blow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Run | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 flames | det |
| 9 | flames | flame | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 blows | obj |
| 10 | out | out | ADV | _ | 7 blows | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | fast, outside property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | blow out | present | the wind | the flames | out property | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent flame=Patient |
Option 4
Wave his arms to shake off the flames
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wave | wave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 arms | nmod:poss |
| 3 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Wave | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 shake | mark |
| 5 | shake | shake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wave | advcl |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 shake | compound:prt |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 flames | det |
| 8 | flames | flame | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 shake | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wave | imperative | you not said here | his arms | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient | ||||
| 2 | shake off | to-infinitive | you not said here | the flames | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent flame=Patient |
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