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title: A family in New South Wales hears a bushfire warning on the radio. W… — Home myths, first aid and weather warn… · tree and pragmatics
description: A family in New South Wales hears a bushfire warning on the radio. Which plan is best? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 120 «Home myths, first aid and weather warnings» 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
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Home myths, first aid and weather warnings

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A family in New South Wales hears a bushfire warning on the radio. Which plan is best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** family, plan · **What happens:** hear, be · **To what, where:** bushfire warning, radio

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 120 «Home myths, first aid and weather warnings» 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/120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A family in New South Wales hears a bushfire warning on the radio.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t2:1
# text = A family in New South Wales hears a bushfire warning on the radio.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Wales	Wales	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	bushfire	bushfire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	radio	radio	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present | a family in New South Wales | a bushfire warning |  | the radio |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer warning=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which plan is best?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t2:2
# text = Which plan is best?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which plan |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Go towards the fire to help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t2:o1:1
# text = Go towards the fire to help
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the fire |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards fire=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Do what their emergency plan says and follow official alerts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t2:o2:1
# text = Do what their emergency plan says and follow official alerts
1	Do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
9	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	alerts	alert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | their emergency plan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 2 | **follow** | infinitive | their emergency plan *not said here* | official alerts |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alert=Theme |
| 3 | **plan** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Turn the radio off to stay calm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t2:o3:1
# text = Turn the radio off to stay calm
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	radio	radio	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn off** | imperative | you *not said here* | the radio |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent radio=Patient |
| 2 | **stay** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wait until they can see the flames themselves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t2:o4:1
# text = Wait until they can see the flames themselves
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	flames	flame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | can | they | the flames |  |  |  | flames *= flame* *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flame=Stimulus |

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