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title: Identify the action to be taken by a person whose clothing has caugh… — Fire at home · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the action to be taken by a person whose clothing has caught fire. Exam question 3 of lesson 34 «Fire 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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# Exam question 3 · Fire at home

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Identify the action to be taken by a person whose clothing has caught fire.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, person · **What happens:** identify, take, catch · **To what, where:** action, clothing

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:e3:1
# text = Identify the action to be taken by a person whose clothing has caught fire.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	clothing	clothing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive · passive | a person | the action *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **catch** | present · perfect · passive |  | clothing |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary fire=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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To stand still and remove all clothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:e3:o1:1
# text = To stand still and remove all clothing
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	remove	remove	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	clothing	clothing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **remove** | infinitive |  | all clothing |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothing=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To wave the arms so as to blow out the flames

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:e3:o2:1
# text = To wave the arms so as to blow out the flames
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wave	wave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	blow	blow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	flames	flame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | to-infinitive |  | the arms |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |
| 2 | **blow out** | to-infinitive |  | the flames |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent flame=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To run as quickly as possible to fetch water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:e3:o3:1
# text = To run as quickly as possible to fetch water
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fetch** | to-infinitive |  | water |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To stop, to drop to the ground, to cover the face and to roll

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:e3:o4:1
# text = To stop, to drop to the ground, to cover the face and to roll
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	drop	drop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	cover	cover	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	roll	roll	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **drop** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the ground |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to ground=Trajectory |
| 3 | **cover** | to-infinitive |  | the face |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme face=Destination |
| 4 | **roll** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=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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