Test 12 · ★★★ · Thinking it through: the science behind home safety

why does the co alarm matter, can't we smell it

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: we · What happens: do, not smell · To what, where: co matter, matter

This is test 12 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 does	advmod
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 matter	det
4	co	co	X	_	6 matter	compound
5	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 co	goeswith
6	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 smell	punct
8	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 smell	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 smell	advmod
10	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 smell	nsubj
11	smell	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 matter	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 smell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		the co matter					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Eventuality
2	not smell	can	we	matter					vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, carbon monoxide has no smell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 has	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 has	punct
3	carbon	carbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 monoxide	compound
4	monoxide	monoxide	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 smell	det
7	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	carbon monoxide	no smell					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smell=Patient

Option 2

You can see it like fog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 see	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 see	aux
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 see	obj
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 fog	case
6	fog	fog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	can	You	it				like fog	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3

Yes, it's a thick black smoke you'd spot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 smoke	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 smoke	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 smoke	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 smoke	det
6	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 smoke	amod
7	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 smoke	amod
8	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 spot	nsubj
10	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 spot	aux
11	spot	spot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 smoke	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a thick black smoke					tree rules
2	spot	would	you	a thick black smoke not said here					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent smoke=Destination

Option 4

Yes, it smells of eggs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 smells	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 smells	nsubj
4	smells	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 eggs	case
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 smells	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	present	it					of eggs	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of egg=Theme

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