Test 6 · ★ · Fire at home
A family in Sydney has escaped a fire. Who calls 000, and from where?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family · What happens: escape, call · To what, where: fire, 000 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: A family in Sydney has escaped a fire.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 escaped | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Sydney | case |
| 4 | Sydney | Sydney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 family | nmod |
| 5 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 escaped | aux |
| 6 | escaped | escape | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 fire | det |
| 8 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 escaped | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 escaped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | present · perfect | a family in Sydney | a fire | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fire=Initial_Location |
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: Who calls 000, and from where?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 calls | nsubj |
| 2 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | 000 | 000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 calls | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 where | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 where | cc |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 where | case |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 2 calls | conj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 calls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | 000 | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 000=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
The parent, after going back for the phone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 parent | det |
| 2 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 parent | punct |
| 4 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 5 going | mark |
| 5 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 parent | acl |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 going | advmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 phone | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 phone | det |
| 9 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 going | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go back | gerund | the parent not said here | for the phone | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
The youngest child, from inside the house
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 child | det |
| 2 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 child | amod |
| 3 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 house | punct |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 house | case |
| 6 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 8 house | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 house | det |
| 8 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 child | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Nobody, the alarm calls the brigade by itself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 calls | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nobody | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 alarm | det |
| 4 | alarm | alarm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 calls | nsubj |
| 5 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 brigade | det |
| 7 | brigade | brigade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 calls | obj |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 itself | case |
| 9 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 calls | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | Nobody | the brigade | by alarm | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brigade=Recipient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Anyone safe outside, using a phone out there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 2 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Anyone | amod |
| 3 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 2 safe | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 using | punct |
| 5 | using | use | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Anyone | acl:relcl |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 phone | det |
| 7 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 using | obj |
| 8 | out | out | ADV | _ | 9 there | advmod |
| 9 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 using | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | gerund | a phone | there | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient |
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