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title: Whereas a fire door is found propped open, determine the appropriate… — Baths, water at home and doors · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas a fire door is found propped open, determine the appropriate action. Exam question 2 of lesson 109 «Baths, water at home and doors» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 2 · Baths, water at home and doors

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Whereas a fire door is found propped open, determine the appropriate action.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fire door, you · **What happens:** find, prop, determine · **To what, where:** fire door, appropriate action

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 109 «Baths, water at home and doors» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:e2:1
# text = Whereas a fire door is found propped open, determine the appropriate action.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	_
7	propped	prop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
8	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
10	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present · passive |  | a fire door |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **prop** | participle | a fire door *not said here* |  |  |  |  | open *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate action |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Topic |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Close it, as it prevents the spread of smoke and fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:e2:o1:1
# text = Close it, as it prevents the spread of smoke and fire
1	Close	close	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	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	prevents	prevent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	spread	spread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **prevent** | present | it | the spread of smoke and fire |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer spread=Theme |
| 3 | **spread** |  |  | smoke and fire |  |  |  |  | nom spread «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Remove it from its hinges and inform no one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:e2:o2:1
# text = Remove it from its hinges and inform no one
1	Remove	remove	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	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hinges	hinge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	inform	inform	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | its hinges |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from hinge=Source |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | present | you *not said here* | no one |  |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Leave it open so as to admit fresh air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:e2:o3:1
# text = Leave it open so as to admit fresh air
1	Leave	leave	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	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	admit	admit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | open *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **admit** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | fresh air |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wedge it more firmly so that it remains open for everybody

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:e2:o4:1
# text = Wedge it more firmly so that it remains open for everybody
1	Wedge	wedge	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	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	firmly	firmly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	8	mark	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wedge** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | firmly *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **remain** | present | it |  |  |  |  | for everybody; open *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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