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title: smoke alarm beeping cos battery low, can i just take it out — Fire, candles and garage and garden to… · tree and pragmatics
description: smoke alarm beeping cos battery low, can i just take it out Test 15 · ★ of lesson 115 «Fire, candles and garage and garden tools» 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 wrong.
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# Test 15 · ★ · Fire, candles and garage and garden tools

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
smoke alarm beeping cos battery low, can i just take it out

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** smoke alarm, i · **What happens:** beep, take out · **To what, where:** battery

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This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 115 «Fire, candles and garage and garden tools» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools:t15:1
# text = smoke alarm beeping cos battery low, can i just take it out
1	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	beeping	beep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	battery	battery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beep** | gerund | smoke alarm *not said here* |  |  |  |  | cos battery | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **take out** | can | i | battery |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only put it back in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools:t15:o1:1
# text = Only put it back in winter
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put back** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  | winter |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it's not needed at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools:t15:o2:1
# text = Yes, it's not needed at night
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **need** | present · passive |  | it |  |  | night |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, take it out, the beeping is annoying and it's fine without

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools:t15:o3:1
# text = Yes, take it out, the beeping is annoying and it's fine without
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	beeping	beeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	annoying	annoying	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
15	without	without	ADP	IN	_	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take out** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the beeping |  |  |  |  | annoying *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | the beeping *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, tell an adult to change the battery, alarms save lives

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools:t15:o4:1
# text = No, tell an adult to change the battery, alarms save lives
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	battery	battery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	alarms	alarm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	save	save	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
13	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | 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 |
| 2 | **change** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the battery |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Patient |
| 3 | **save** | present | alarms | lives |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=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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