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# Exam question 3 · Home alone, keys and garden play

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Whereas a barbecue is lit and the fire is slow to burn, determine the conduct required in respect of liquid fuel.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fire, you · **What happens:** lit, be, burn, determine, require, respect · **To what, where:** barbecue, conduct, respect, liquid fuel

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 116 «Home alone, keys and garden play» 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/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:e3:1
# text = Whereas a barbecue is lit and the fire is slow to burn, determine the conduct required in respect of liquid fuel.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	barbecue	barbecue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	lit	lit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	advcl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
14	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	liquid	liquid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	fuel	fuel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lit** | present · passive |  | a barbecue |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the fire |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **burn** | to-infinitive | the fire *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the conduct |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |
| 5 | **require** | participle |  | the conduct *not said here* |  | respect of liquid fuel |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **respect** |  |  | liquid fuel |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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It is never squirted on, as it flares up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:e3:o1:1
# text = It is never squirted on, as it flares up
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	squirted	squirt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	flares	flare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **squirt on** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **flare up** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is squirted on lightly to revive the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:e3:o2:1
# text = It is squirted on lightly to revive the fire
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	squirted	squirt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	lightly	lightly	ADV	RB	_	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	revive	revive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squirt** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on lightly=Destination |
| 2 | **revive** | to-infinitive |  | the fire |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fire=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is poured on only when the flames are low

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:e3:o3:1
# text = It is poured on only when the flames are low
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	poured	pour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	flames	flame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | the flames |  |  |  |  | low *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is sprayed on from a distance of one metre

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:e3:o4:1
# text = It is sprayed on from a distance of one metre
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sprayed	spray	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	metre	metre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spray on** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | from a distance of one metre | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=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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