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title: fire alarm going, i need to grab my cat n my ipad!! — Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire an… · tree and pragmatics
description: fire alarm going, i need to grab my cat n my ipad!! Test 12 · ★ of lesson 295 «Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home» 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 12 · ★ · Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fire alarm going, i need to grab my cat n my ipad!!

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fire alarm, i · **What happens:** go, need, grab, n · **To what, where:** cat, ipad

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 295 «Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home» 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/295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp:t12:1
# text = fire alarm going, i need to grab my cat n my ipad!!
1	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	n	n	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
12	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	ipad	iPad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund | fire alarm |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **need** | present | i |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **grab** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | i *not said here* | my cat |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme |
| 4 | **n** | infinitive | i *not said here* | my ipad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Go back in for the cat once you're out, it's quicker than waiting

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp:t12:o1:1
# text = Go back in for the cat once you're out, it's quicker than waiting
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	quicker	quick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	parataxis	_	_
15	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go back** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in the cat | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | out *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | cat |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **wait** | gerund | cat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hide under the bed till it stops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp:t12:o2:1
# text = Hide under the bed till it stops
1	Hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the bed |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under bed=Location |
| 2 | **stop** | present | bed |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Get out now, tell the firefighters about the cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp:t12:o3:1
# text = Get out now, tell the firefighters about the cat
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	firefighters	firefighter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the firefighters |  |  |  | about the cat | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent firefighter=Recipient about cat=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grab both quick then leave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp:t12:o4:1
# text = Grab both quick then leave
1	Grab	grab	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **leave** | infinitive |  |  |  |  | then |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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