Test 5 · ★★ · Food on the floor and kitchen rules
The pan on the hob catches fire and you're the only one in the kitchen. What's safest?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pan, you · What happens: catch, be · To what, where: fire, only one, kitchen
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 22 «Food on the floor and kitchen rules» of the myths 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: The pan on the hob catches fire and you're the only one in the kitchen.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pan | det |
| 2 | pan | pan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 catches | nsubj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 hob | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 hob | det |
| 5 | hob | hob | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pan | nmod |
| 6 | catches | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 catches | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 one | cc |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 one | nsubj |
| 10 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 one | cop |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 one | det |
| 12 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 one | amod |
| 13 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 catches | conj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 kitchen | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 kitchen | det |
| 16 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 one | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 catches | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | present | the pan on the hob | fire | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | you | the only one | the kitchen | tree rules |
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: What's safest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 safest | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 safest | cop |
| 3 | safest | safe | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 safest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | safe property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Carry the burning pan to the sink
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 | 4 pan | det |
| 3 | burning | burning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pan | compound |
| 4 | pan | pan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Carry | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 sink | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sink | det |
| 7 | sink | sink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Carry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | imperative | you not said here | the burning pan | the sink | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pan=Theme to sink=Destination |
Option 2
Throw your drink on it to put it out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 drink | nmod:poss |
| 3 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Throw | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 put | mark |
| 7 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Throw | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 put | obj |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 put | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | your drink | drink | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent drink=Theme on it=Destination | |||
| 2 | put out | to-infinitive | you not said here | drink | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Get out, close the door and get an adult or call the fire service
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADV | _ | 1 Get | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 close | punct |
| 4 | close | close | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 door | det |
| 6 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 close | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 get | cc |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | conj |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 adult | det |
| 10 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 get | obj |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 call | cc |
| 12 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 service | det |
| 14 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 service | compound |
| 15 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 call | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get out | imperative | you not said here | out property | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | close | infinitive | you not said here | the door | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | ||||
| 3 | get | infinitive | you not said here | a adult | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | call | infinitive | you not said here | the fire service | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent service=Recipient |
Option 4
Fan the flames with a tea towel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fan | fan | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 flames | det |
| 3 | flames | flame | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Fan | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 towel | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 towel | det |
| 6 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 towel | compound |
| 7 | towel | towel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fan | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fan | imperative | you not said here | the flames | with a tea towel | tree rules |
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