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title: Sam's big brother says red fireworks are red because there's red pai… — Colours of fire: fireworks · tree and pragmatics
description: Sam's big brother says red fireworks are red because there's red paint inside. What's true? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 26 «Colours of fire: fireworks» 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 right.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Colours of fire: fireworks

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Sam's big brother says red fireworks are red because there's red paint inside. What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** big brother, red fireworks, red paint · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 26 «Colours of fire: fireworks» 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/26-colours-of-fire-fireworks/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sam's big brother says red fireworks are red because there's red paint inside.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:26-colours-of-fire-fireworks:t1:1
# text = Sam's big brother says red fireworks are red because there's red paint inside.
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
10	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	12	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
13	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
15	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Sam's big brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | red fireworks |  |  |  |  | red *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** | present | red paint |  |  | there |  | inside *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:26-colours-of-fire-fireworks:t1:2
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The red comes from hot red smoke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:26-colours-of-fire-fireworks:t1:o1:1
# text = The red comes from hot red smoke
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | the red |  |  | hot red smoke |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from smoke=Initial\_Location |

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

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The red comes from a metal, strontium

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:26-colours-of-fire-fireworks:t1:o2:1
# text = The red comes from a metal, strontium
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	strontium	strontium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | the red |  |  | a metal and strontium |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from metal=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The red is the colour of the fire itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:26-colours-of-fire-fireworks:t1:o3:1
# text = The red is the colour of the fire itself
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	red	red	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	8	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the red | the colour |  |  |  | of the fire  red | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He's right, the paint glows when it burns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:26-colours-of-fire-fireworks:t1:o4:1
# text = He's right, the paint glows when it burns
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	glows	glow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **glow** | present | the paint |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **burn** | present | paint |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «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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