Test 19 · ★★★ · Thinking it through: the science behind home safety

the Kellys' kitchen caught fire and people say their mum was drunk, should i tell everyone

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kitchen, people, mum, i · What happens: catch, say, be, tell · To what, where: fire, everyone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★★★ 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Kellys	det
2	Kellys	Kelly	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 kitchen	nmod:poss
3	'	's	PART	_	2 Kellys	case
4	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 caught	nsubj
5	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 caught	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 say	cc
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 say	nsubj
9	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 caught	conj
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mum	nmod:poss
11	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 drunk	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 drunk	cop
13	drunk	drunk	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 say	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 tell	punct
15	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 tell	aux
16	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 tell	nsubj
17	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 caught	conj
18	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	17 tell	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	catch	past	the Kellys's kitchen	fire			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	people				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	people's mum			drunk property	tree rules
4	tell speech: assert	should	i		everyone		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient

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

Yes, and add that the kids were left home on their own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 add	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 add	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 add	cc
4	add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 left	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kids	det
7	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 left	nsubj:pass
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 left	aux:pass
9	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 add	advcl
10	home	home	ADV	_	9 left	advmod
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 own	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 own	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 add	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	imperative	you not said here			kids's own			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	leave	past · passive		the kids				home property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Yes, so people stay away from them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 stay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 stay	advmod
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stay	nsubj
5	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 stay	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay away	present	people					from them = they; away property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, it is a cruel rumour you cannot know is true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 rumour	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rumour	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rumour	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rumour	det
6	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rumour	amod
7	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 true	nsubj
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 know	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 know	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 know	advmod
11	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 rumour	acl:relcl
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 true	cop
13	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a cruel rumour		tree rules
2	not know	can	you	a cruel rumour not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer rumour=Stimulus
3	is	present	a cruel rumour		true property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, because fires prove it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 prove	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 prove	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 prove	mark
4	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 prove	nsubj
5	prove	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 prove	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	fires	it					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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