Test 17 · ★★★ · Thinking it through: the science behind home safety

my neighbour said someone threw water on a chip pan fire and a fireball took the kitchen ceiling off

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: neighbour, someone, fireball · What happens: say, throw, take off · To what, where: water, pan fire, kitchen ceiling · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★★★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 neighbour	nmod:poss
2	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 threw	nsubj
5	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 threw	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	11 fire	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 fire	det
9	chip	chip	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pan	compound
10	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fire	compound
11	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 threw	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 took	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 fireball	det
14	fireball	fireball	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 took	nsubj
15	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 threw	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 ceiling	det
17	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 ceiling	compound
18	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 took	obj
19	off	off	ADP	_	15 took	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	my neighbour			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	throw	past	someone	water	a pan fire	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent water=Theme on fire=Destination
3	take off	past	a fireball	the kitchen ceiling		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ceiling=Theme

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

It is gossip, so throwing water on a chip pan fire is fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gossip	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gossip	cop
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fine	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 throwing	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 throwing	advmod
6	throwing	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 gossip	acl
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 throwing	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	12 fire	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fire	det
10	chip	chip	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pan	compound
11	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fire	compound
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 throwing	obl
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 fine	cop
14	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	gossip			tree rules
2	throw	gerund	gossip not said here	water	a pan fire		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent water=Theme on fire=Destination
3	is	present	gossip			fine property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Real lesson: never throw water on burning oil; an adult turns off the heat and covers the pan

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 throw	punct
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 throw	advmod
5	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 lesson	appos
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 throw	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 oil	case
8	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 oil	amod
9	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 throw	obl
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 turns	punct
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 adult	det
12	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 turns	nsubj
13	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 throw	advcl
14	off	off	ADP	_	13 turns	compound:prt
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 heat	det
16	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 turns	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 covers	cc
18	covers	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 turns	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 pan	det
20	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 covers	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	not throw	infinitive		water	burning oil	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent water=Theme on oil=Destination
2	burn	gerund				vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	turn off	present	a adult	the heat		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heat=Patient
4	cover	present	a adult not said here	the pan		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pan=Destination

Option 3

Real lesson: kitchens should never have ceilings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 have	punct
4	kitchens	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 have	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 have	aux
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 have	advmod
7	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 lesson	conj
8	ceilings	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	should	kitchens	ceilings					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ceiling=Patient

Option 4

It proves water always makes every kind of fire worse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proves	obj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 makes	advmod
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 proves	advcl
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 kind	det
7	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 makes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 fire	case
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kind	nmod
10	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It	water					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
2	make	present		every kind of fire				always, bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset kind=Product

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