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title: Leo's shirt catches fire from a candle. What should he do? — Fire at home · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo's shirt catches fire from a candle. What should he do? Test 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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# Test 3 · ★ · Fire at home

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Leo's shirt catches fire from a candle. What should he do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** shirt, Leo · **What happens:** catch, do · **To what, where:** fire, candle

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leo's shirt catches fire from a candle.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:t3:1
# text = Leo's shirt catches fire from a candle.
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	catches	catch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	candle	candle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | present | Leo's shirt | fire |  | a candle |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent fire=Theme from candle=Source |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should he do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:t3:2
# text = What should he do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | Leo |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Pull the shirt off over his head while running to the tap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:t3:o1:1
# text = Pull the shirt off over his head while running to the tap
1	Pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tap	tap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull off** | imperative | you *not said here* | the shirt |  | his head |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Eventuality |
| 2 | **run** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the tap *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to tap=Result |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Stop, drop to the ground, cover his face and roll

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:t3:o2:1
# text = Stop, drop to the ground, cover his face and roll
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	drop	drop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	cover	cover	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	roll	roll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **drop** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | the ground |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to ground=Trajectory |
| 3 | **cover** | infinitive | you *not said here* | his face and roll |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme face=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Run outside fast so the wind blows the flames out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:t3:o3:1
# text = Run outside fast so the wind blows the flames out
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	blows	blow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	flames	flame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast, outside *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **blow out** | present | the wind | the flames |  |  |  | out *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent flame=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wave his arms to shake off the flames

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:t3:o4:1
# text = Wave his arms to shake off the flames
1	Wave	wave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	shake	shake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	flames	flame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | imperative | you *not said here* | his arms |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |
| 2 | **shake off** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the flames |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent flame=Patient |

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