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title: An adult is mixing two cleaners and a sharp smell fills the bathroom… — Smells that warn · tree and pragmatics
description: An adult is mixing two cleaners and a sharp smell fills the bathroom. What should happen? Test 6 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Smells that warn

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An adult is mixing two cleaners and a sharp smell fills the bathroom. What should happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** adult, sharp smell · **What happens:** mix, fill, happen · **To what, where:** two cleaners, bathroom

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* An adult is mixing two cleaners and a sharp smell fills the bathroom.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:13-smells-that-warn:t6:1
# text = An adult is mixing two cleaners and a sharp smell fills the bathroom.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	mixing	mix	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	cleaners	cleaner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	fills	fill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bathroom	bathroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | present · progressive | a adult | two cleaners |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cleaner=Patient |
| 2 | **fill** | present | a sharp smell | the bathroom |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bathroom=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should happen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:13-smells-that-warn:t6:2
# text = What should happen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | should |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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Stop, open the windows and leave the room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:13-smells-that-warn:t6:o1:1
# text = Stop, open the windows and leave the room
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	open	open	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **open** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the windows |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location window=Theme |
| 3 | **leave** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the room |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sniff it closely to check the smell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:13-smells-that-warn:t6:o2:1
# text = Sniff it closely to check the smell
1	Sniff	sniff	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	closely	closely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
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	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sniff** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | closely *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **check** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the smell |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smell=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Add hot water and stir it faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:13-smells-that-warn:t6:o3:1
# text = Add hot water and stir it faster
1	Add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	stir	stir	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | hot water |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
| 2 | **stir** | infinitive | you *not said here* | water |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Keep mixing to make it stronger and clean better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:13-smells-that-warn:t6:o4:1
# text = Keep mixing to make it stronger and clean better
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	mixing	mix	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	clean	clean	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mix** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | strong *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
| 4 | **clean** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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