--- title: If a firework had only sodium for colour, what would you see? — Colours of fire: fireworks · tree and pragmatics description: If a firework had only sodium for colour, what would you see? Test 10 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/26-colours-of-fire-fireworks/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Chemistry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/) / [Colours of fire: fireworks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/26-colours-of-fire-fireworks/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Colours of fire: fireworks If a firework had only sodium for colour, what would you see? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** firework, you · **What happens:** have, see · **To what, where:** sodium This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:26-colours-of-fire-fireworks:t10:1 # text = If a firework had only sodium for colour, what would you see? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 firework firework NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 sodium sodium NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ _ 11 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | a firework | sodium | | | | for colour | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sodium=Patient | | 2 | **see** | would | you | sodium | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | 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} A bright yellow burst ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:26-colours-of-fire-fireworks:t10:o1:1 # text = A bright yellow burst 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 burst burst NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} No colour at all, just smoke ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:26-colours-of-fire-fireworks:t10:o2:1 # text = No colour at all, just smoke 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A mixed green and red burst ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:26-colours-of-fire-fireworks:t10:o3:1 # text = A mixed green and red burst 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 2 mixed mix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 3 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 6 burst burst NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mix** | participle | | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} A deep, dark blue burst ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:26-colours-of-fire-fireworks:t10:o4:1 # text = A deep, dark blue burst 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 2 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 burst burst NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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