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title: It being given that a door is found to be hot to the back of the han… — Fire at home · tree and pragmatics
description: It being given that a door is found to be hot to the back of the hand during a fire, select the course of action consistent with established guidance. Exam question 2 of lesson 34 «Fire at home» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 2 · Fire at home

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It being given that a door is found to be hot to the back of the hand during a fire, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** door · **What happens:** give, find, be, select, establish · **To what, where:** It, door, course

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 34 «Fire at home» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/34-fire-at-home/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:e2:1
# text = It being given that a door is found to be hot to the back of the hand during a fire, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	during	during	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	select	select	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
27	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
28	with	with	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	amod	_	_
30	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | present · passive |  | a door |  |  | during a fire |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | a door *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the back of the hand; hot *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **select** | infinitive |  | the course of action |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 5 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To open the door rapidly and run through

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:e2:o1:1
# text = To open the door rapidly and run through
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	open	open	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	through	through	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | to-infinitive |  | the door |  |  |  | rapidly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme |
| 2 | **run through** | present |  |  |  |  |  | through *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To open the door slowly to admit fresh air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:e2:o2:1
# text = To open the door slowly to admit fresh air
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	open	open	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	admit	admit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | to-infinitive |  | the door |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme |
| 2 | **admit** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  | fresh air |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To wait behind the door until it has cooled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:e2:o3:1
# text = To wait behind the door until it has cooled
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
3	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	cooled	cool	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the door |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind door=Location |
| 2 | **cool** | present · perfect · passive |  | door |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To make use of another means of escape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:e2:o4:1
# text = To make use of another means of escape
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	csubj	_	_
3	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	nmod	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	escape	escape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | use of another |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset use=Product |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of escape | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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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