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title: my cousin says a boy hid in the wardrobe in a fire cos the firefight… — Helpers in town and building sites · tree and pragmatics
description: my cousin says a boy hid in the wardrobe in a fire cos the firefighter looked like a monster, "they found him just in time". lesson? Test 17 · ★ of lesson 274 «Helpers in town and building sites» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 17 · ★ · Helpers in town and building sites

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my cousin says a boy hid in the wardrobe in a fire cos the firefighter looked like a monster, "they found him just in time". lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, boy, firefighter, they · **What happens:** say, hide, co, look, find · **To what, where:** lesson, wardrobe, fire, firefighter · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 274 «Helpers in town and building sites» 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/274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:t17:1
# text = my cousin says a boy hid in the wardrobe in a fire cos the firefighter looked like a monster, "they found him just in time". lesson?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wardrobe	wardrobe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
13	cos	co	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	firefighter	firefighter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	_
17	like	like	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
24	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obj	_	_
25	just	just	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
30	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hide** | past | a boy | lesson |  | the wardrobe |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lesson=Patient in wardrobe=Location |
| 3 | **co** | present |  |  |  | a fire |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **look** | past | the firefighter |  |  |  |  | like a monster | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 5 | **find** *in a quote* | past | they | firefighter |  |  | time |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only come out if you know the firefighter by name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:t17:o1:1
# text = Only come out if you know the firefighter by name
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	come	come	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	firefighter	firefighter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **know** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | the firefighter |  |  |  | by name | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer firefighter=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hide in a wardrobe until the fire goes out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:t17:o2:1
# text = Hide in a wardrobe until the fire goes out
1	Hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wardrobe	wardrobe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | a wardrobe |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wardrobe=Location |
| 2 | **go out** | present | the fire |  |  |  |  |  | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Never hide from firefighters; they are there to help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:t17:o3:1
# text = Never hide from firefighters; they are there to help
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	firefighters	firefighter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	parataxis	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | firefighters |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from firefighter=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **is** | present | firefighters *= firefighter* |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **help** | to-infinitive | firefighters *= firefighter* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Firefighters only help grown-ups

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:t17:o4:1
# text = Firefighters only help grown-ups
1	Firefighters	firefighter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | Firefighters | grown ups |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent up=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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