--- title: Your friend tests the smoke alarm by holding a lighter under it. Wha… — Fire: what it needs and how to put it… · tree and pragmatics description: Your friend tests the smoke alarm by holding a lighter under it. What should he do instead? 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What should he do instead? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, he · **What happens:** test, hold, do · **To what, where:** smoke alarm, lighter This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 12 «Fire: what it needs and how to put it out» of the chemistry 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chemistry/12-fire-what-it-needs/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your friend tests the smoke alarm by holding a lighter under it. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:12-fire-what-it-needs:t3:1 # text = Your friend tests the smoke alarm by holding a lighter under it. 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tests test VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 alarm alarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 by by SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 lighter light ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 obj _ _ 11 under under ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **test** | present | Your friend | the smoke alarm | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alarm=Theme | | 2 | **hold** | gerund | Your friend *not said here* | a lighter | | | | under friend | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent light=Theme under it=Location | 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 should he do instead? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:12-fire-what-it-needs:t3:2 # text = What should he do instead? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 instead instead ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | should | he | | | | | instead *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Spray it with water from a bottle ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:12-fire-what-it-needs:t3:o1:1 # text = Spray it with water from a bottle 1 Spray spray VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spray** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | a bottle | | with water | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with water=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Blow smoke at it from a candle ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:12-fire-what-it-needs:t3:o2:1 # text = Blow smoke at it from a candle 1 Blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 candle candle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Hit it hard with a broom handle ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:12-fire-what-it-needs:t3:o3:1 # text = Hit it hard with a broom handle 1 Hit hit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 broom broom NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 handle handle NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | with a broom handle; hard *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with handle=Instrument | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Press the alarm's test button ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:12-fire-what-it-needs:t3:o4:1 # text = Press the alarm's test button 1 Press press VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 alarm alarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 button button NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **press** | imperative | you *not said here* | the alarm's test button | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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