Test 7 · ★ · Electricity at home: switches, plugs, fuses and alarms
The carbon monoxide alarm is beeping. What do you do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: monoxide alarm, you · What happens: beep, do
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 14 «Electricity at home: switches, plugs, fuses and alarms» of the technology 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 carbon monoxide alarm is beeping.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 alarm | det |
| 2 | carbon | carbon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 monoxide | compound |
| 3 | monoxide | monoxide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 alarm | compound |
| 4 | alarm | alarm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 beeping | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 beeping | aux |
| 6 | beeping | beep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 beeping | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beep | present · progressive | the monoxide alarm | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: What do you do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · do-support | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Get out and tell an adult to call for help
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 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 tell | cc |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | conj |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 adult | det |
| 6 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tell | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 call | mark |
| 8 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 tell | xcomp |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 help | case |
| 10 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 call | obl |
| # | 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 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | a adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | call not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | for help | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient |
Option 2
Go back to sleep, it's most likely a false alarm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 sleep | case |
| 4 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Go | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 alarm | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 alarm | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 alarm | cop |
| 8 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 9 likely | advmod |
| 9 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 12 alarm | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 alarm | det |
| 11 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 alarm | amod |
| 12 | alarm | alarm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go back | imperative | you not said here | to sleep result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to sleep=Result | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | sleep | a false alarm | likely property | tree rules |
Option 3
Open the fridge to cool the gas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open | open | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fridge | det |
| 3 | fridge | fridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Open | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 cool | mark |
| 5 | cool | cool | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Open | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gas | det |
| 7 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cool | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | imperative | you not said here | the fridge | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fridge=Theme | ||||
| 2 | cool | to-infinitive | you not said here | the gas | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent gas=Patient |
Option 4
Sniff around for the smell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sniff | sniff | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | around | around | ADV | _ | 1 Sniff | advmod |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 smell | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 smell | det |
| 5 | smell | smell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sniff | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sniff around | imperative | you not said here | for the smell; around property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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