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title: Gran: "the old street lamps were orange as anything, why tho?" — Colours of fire: fireworks · tree and pragmatics
description: Gran: "the old street lamps were orange as anything, why tho?" Test 5 · ★ 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.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Colours of fire: fireworks

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Gran: "the old street lamps were orange as anything, why tho?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gran · **What happens:** be

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:26-colours-of-fire-fireworks:t5:1
# text = Gran: "the old street lamps were orange as anything, why tho?"
1	Gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	orange	orange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	parataxis	_	_
14	tho	tho	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	13	advcl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Gran |  |  |  |  | as anything; orange *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They had orange glass fitted in front of the bulb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:26-colours-of-fire-fireworks:t5:o1:1
# text = They had orange glass fitted in front of the bulb
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	orange	orange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	fitted	fit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bulb	bulb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | They | orange glass |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Patient |
| 2 | **fit** | participle |  | orange glass *not said here* |  | front of the bulb |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in front=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They used sodium, which glows yellow-orange

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:26-colours-of-fire-fireworks:t5:o2:1
# text = They used sodium, which glows yellow-orange
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sodium	sodium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	glows	glow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	orange	orange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | They | sodium |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sodium=Patient |
| 2 | **glow** | present | sodium | yellow orange |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent orange=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They burned orange candles inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:26-colours-of-fire-fireworks:t5:o3:1
# text = They burned orange candles inside
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	orange	orange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past | They | orange candles |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent candle=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Orange light was cheaper to paint on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:26-colours-of-fire-fireworks:t5:o4:1
# text = Orange light was cheaper to paint on
1	Orange	orange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	paint	paint	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Orange light |  |  |  |  | cheap *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **paint on** | to-infinitive | Orange light *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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