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title: Leo comes home and the hallway smells of rotten eggs. He reaches for… — Smells that warn · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo comes home and the hallway smells of rotten eggs. He reaches for the light switch. What should he do instead? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 13 «Smells 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 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Smells that warn

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Leo comes home and the hallway smells of rotten eggs. He reaches for the light switch. What should he do instead?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Leo, hallway · **What happens:** come, smell, reach, do

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 13 «Smells 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/13-smells-that-warn/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leo comes home and the hallway smells of rotten eggs.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:13-smells-that-warn:t1:1
# text = Leo comes home and the hallway smells of rotten eggs.
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hallway	hallway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	smells	smell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	rotten	rotten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Leo |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **smell** | present | the hallway |  |  |  |  | of rotten eggs | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of egg=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.

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*Sentence 2:* He reaches for the light switch.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:13-smells-that-warn:t1:2
# text = He reaches for the light switch.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reaches	reach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	switch	switch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | present | hallway |  |  |  |  | for the light switch | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What should he do instead?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:13-smells-that-warn:t1:3
# text = What should he do instead?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | hallway |  |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Leave the switch alone and go back outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:13-smells-that-warn:t1:o1:1
# text = Leave the switch alone and go back outside
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	switch	switch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | the switch |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent switch=Theme |
| 2 | **go back** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | outside *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Switch on the light to look for the leak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:13-smells-that-warn:t1:o2:1
# text = Switch on the light to look for the leak
1	Switch	switch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	leak	leak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for the leak | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for leak=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Light a candle so that he can see

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:13-smells-that-warn:t1:o3:1
# text = Light a candle so that he can see
1	Light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	candle	candle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	8	mark	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | can | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Open the cooker to check the knobs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:13-smells-that-warn:t1:o4:1
# text = Open the cooker to check the knobs
1	Open	open	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cooker	cooker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	knobs	knob	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cooker |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cooker=Theme |
| 2 | **check** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the knobs |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knob=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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