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title: "who even dies of smoke, it's the flames that get ya" What is the tr… — Fire: what it needs and how to put it… · tree and pragmatics
description: "who even dies of smoke, it's the flames that get ya" What is the truth? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 12 «Fire: what it needs and how to put it out» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Fire: what it needs and how to put it out

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"who even dies of smoke, it's the flames that get ya" What is the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** smoke, flames · **What happens:** die, be, get · **To what, where:** flames, ya, truth

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 12 «Fire: what it needs and how to put it out» of the chemistry 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/chemistry/12-fire-what-it-needs/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:12-fire-what-it-needs:t7:1
# text = "who even dies of smoke, it's the flames that get ya" What is the truth?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
3	even	even	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	flames	flame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	advcl	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	ya	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | of smoke | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of smoke=Causer |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | smoke | the flames |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** *in a quote* | present | the flames | the flames | ya |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary what=Theme |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | the truth |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Most house-fire deaths are from smoke, often while asleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:12-fire-what-it-needs:t7:o1:1
# text = Most house-fire deaths are from smoke, often while asleep
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
2	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	deaths	death	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	often	often	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Only flames can travel through houses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:12-fire-what-it-needs:t7:o2:1
# text = Only flames can travel through houses
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	flames	flame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	travel	travel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | can | flames |  |  | houses |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through house=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nobody has ever died from smoke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:12-fire-what-it-needs:t7:o3:1
# text = Nobody has ever died from smoke
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	died	die	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present · perfect | Nobody |  |  | smoke | ever |  | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient from smoke=Causer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Smoke is harmless to breathe, and only the flames themselves can hurt you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:12-fire-what-it-needs:t7:o4:1
# text = Smoke is harmless to breathe, and only the flames themselves can hurt you
1	Smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	breathe	breathe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	flames	flame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
11	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	10	nmod	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Smoke |  |  |  |  | harmless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **breathe** | to-infinitive | Smoke *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hurt** | can | the flames  flames | you |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient |

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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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