Test 1 · ★★★ · Thinking it through: the science behind home safety

A boy in Leeds sees chip-pan oil catch fire while his dad is cooking. Which plan works best?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, pan oil, dad, plan · What happens: see, catch, cook, work · To what, where: fire

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Thinking it through: the science behind home safety» 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 boy in Leeds sees chip-pan oil catch fire while his dad is cooking.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sees	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Leeds	case
4	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	chip	chip	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pan	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 chip	punct
8	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 oil	compound
9	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 catch	nsubj
10	catch	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sees	parataxis
11	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 catch	obj
12	while	while	SCONJ	_	16 cooking	mark
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 dad	nmod:poss
14	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cooking	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 cooking	aux
16	cooking	cook	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 catch	advcl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sees	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	see	present	a boy in Leeds		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	catch	present	pan oil	fire	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme
3	cook	present · progressive	boy's dad		vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=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.

Sentence 2: Which plan works best?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 plan	det
2	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 works	nsubj
3	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	3 works	advmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 works	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	which plan					well property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Carry the pan to the sink and run the cold tap over the flames until they stop

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pan	det
3	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carry	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 sink	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sink	det
6	sink	sink	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carry	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 run	cc
8	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Carry	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tap	det
10	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tap	amod
11	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 run	obj
12	over	over	ADP	_	14 flames	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 flames	det
14	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 run	obl
15	until	until	SCONJ	_	17 stop	mark
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 stop	nsubj
17	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 run	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	carry	imperative	you not said here	the pan	the sink	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pan=Theme to sink=Destination
2	run	infinitive	you not said here	the cold tap	the flames	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent tap=Theme over flame=Trajectory
3	stop	present	flames = flame			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Blow on it hard to put the flames out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blow	blow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	3 it	case
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Blow	obl
4	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Blow	xcomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 put	mark
6	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Blow	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 flames	det
8	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 put	obj
9	out	out	ADV	_	6 put	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	imperative	you not said here			it		hard property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
2	put out	to-infinitive	you not said here	the flames				out property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent flame=Goal

Option 3

Throw a glass of water on it at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 glass	det
3	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 glass	nmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Throw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	a glass of water		water			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent glass=Theme on it=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Dad turns off the heat and covers it with a lid; if it grows, everyone gets out

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	nsubj
2	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 turns	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 heat	det
5	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 covers	cc
7	covers	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 turns	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 covers	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 lid	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lid	det
11	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 covers	obl
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 grows	punct
13	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 grows	mark
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 grows	nsubj
15	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 turns	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 gets	punct
17	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	18 gets	nsubj
18	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 grows	conj
19	out	out	ADP	_	18 gets	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	turn off	present	Dad	the heat		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heat=Patient
2	cover	present	Dad not said here	heat	with a lid	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with lid=Theme
3	grow a condition, not said to happen	present	heat			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	get out	present	everyone			vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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