--- title: Why might a lamp start a fire if pushed against a curtain? — Bedroom, living room and manners at home · tree and pragmatics description: Why might a lamp start a fire if pushed against a curtain? Test 1 of lesson 119 «Bedroom, living room and manners at home» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Bedroom, living room and manners at home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners/) / t1 # Test 1 · Bedroom, living room and manners at home Why might a lamp start a fire if pushed against a curtain? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lamp · **What happens:** start, push · **To what, where:** fire This is test 1 of lesson 119 «Bedroom, living room and manners at home» 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/119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t1:1 # text = Why might a lamp start a fire if pushed against a curtain? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 pushed push VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 10 against against ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 curtain curtain NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | might | a lamp | a fire | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality | | 2 | **push** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | a lamp *not said here* | | | | | against a curtain | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent against curtain=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Lamps give off sparks whenever their shade is touched by cloth ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t1:o1:1 # text = Lamps give off sparks whenever their shade is touched by cloth 1 Lamps lamp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 sparks spark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 whenever whenever SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 shade shade NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 touched touch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give off** | present | Lamps | sparks | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source spark=Theme | | 2 | **touch** | present · passive | cloth | Lamps's shade | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme | | 3 | **shade** | | Lamps *= lamp* | | | | | | nom shade «state transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Curtains make electricity ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t1:o2:1 # text = Curtains make electricity 1 Curtains curtain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 electricity electricity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Curtains | electricity | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset electricity=Product | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The hot bulb can heat the fabric until it burns ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t1:o3:1 # text = The hot bulb can heat the fabric until it burns 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bulb bulb NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 heat heat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fabric fabric NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 until until SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 burns burn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **heat** | can | the hot bulb | the fabric | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fabric=Patient | | 2 | **burn** | present | bulb | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Curtains make the bulb explode ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t1:o4:1 # text = Curtains make the bulb explode 1 Curtains curtain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bulb bulb NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 explode explode VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Curtains | the bulb | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **explode** | infinitive | the bulb *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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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