--- title: alarm just chirps once every min, fire?? — Sounds that warn · tree and pragmatics description: alarm just chirps once every min, fire?? Test 11 of lesson 12 «Sounds that warn» 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/12-sounds-that-warn/t11/) [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/) / [Sounds that warn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/12-sounds-that-warn/) / t11 # Test 11 · Sounds that warn alarm just chirps once every min, fire?? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** alarm · **What happens:** chirp · **To what, where:** min This is test 11 of lesson 12 «Sounds that warn» 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/12-sounds-that-warn/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:12-sounds-that-warn:t11:1 # text = alarm just chirps once every min, fire?? 1 alarm alarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 chirps chirp VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 advmod _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 min min NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ?? ?? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chirp** | present | alarm | every min and fire | | | | once *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent min=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 {#o1} It means someone is at the door ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:12-sounds-that-warn:t11:o1:1 # text = It means someone is at the door 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | someone | | | the door | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Yes, get out right now ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:12-sounds-that-warn:t11:o2:1 # text = Yes, get out right now 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 right right ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get out** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | now | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, probably the battery is low ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:12-sounds-that-warn:t11:o3:1 # text = No, probably the battery is low 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 probably probably ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 battery battery NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the battery | | | | | low, probably *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, call the fire brigade ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:12-sounds-that-warn:t11:o4:1 # text = Yes, call the fire brigade 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 brigade brigade NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | imperative | you *not said here* | the fire brigade | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brigade=Recipient | **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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