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title: Noah says u can just hold ur breath and walk through smoke. right? — Fire at home · tree and pragmatics
description: Noah says u can just hold ur breath and walk through smoke. right? Test 16 · ★ 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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# Test 16 · ★ · Fire at home

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Noah says u can just hold ur breath and walk through smoke. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Noah, u · **What happens:** say, hold, walk · **To what, where:** breath, smoke · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 34 «Fire 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/34-fire-at-home/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:t16:1
# text = Noah says u can just hold ur breath and walk through smoke. right?
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
11	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
14	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Noah |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hold** | can | u | ur's breath |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme |
| 3 | **walk** | infinitive | u *not said here* |  |  | smoke |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through smoke=Trajectory |

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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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Yes, unless the smoke is black

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:t16:o1:1
# text = Yes, unless the smoke is black
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | unless the smoke; black *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if you walk quickly and keep your eyes shut tight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:t16:o2:1
# text = Yes, if you walk quickly and keep your eyes shut tight
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	shut	shut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	xcomp	_	_
12	tight	tight	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | you |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your eyes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **shut** | participle | your eyes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

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No, smoke kills fast, stay low and get out another way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:t16:o3:1
# text = No, smoke kills fast, stay low and get out another way
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kills	kill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
11	out	out	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
13	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | present | smoke |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | low *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **get out** | infinitive | you *not said here* | another way |  |  |  | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, smoke is only a smell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:t16:o4:1
# text = Yes, smoke is only a smell
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | smoke | a smell |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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