--- title: Miners long ago lit their way with open flames. Why was that so dang… — Famous discoveries told as stories · tree and pragmatics description: Miners long ago lit their way with open flames. Why was that so dangerous? Test 7 of lesson 35 «Famous discoveries told as stories» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/t7/) [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/) / [Famous discoveries told as stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/) / t7 # Test 7 · Famous discoveries told as stories Miners long ago lit their way with open flames. Why was that so dangerous? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Miners · **What happens:** light, be · **To what, where:** way This is test 7 of lesson 35 «Famous discoveries told as stories» 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/35-famous-discoveries-stories/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Miners long ago lit their way with open flames. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t7:1 # text = Miners long ago lit their way with open flames. 1 Miners miner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 ago ago ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 lit light VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **light** | past | Miners | Miners's way | | | | with open flames; ago *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Product with flame=Material | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why was that so dangerous? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t7:2 # text = Why was that so dangerous? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | dangerous *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Open flames made the coal disappear ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t7:o1:1 # text = Open flames made the coal disappear 1 Open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 coal coal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 disappear disappear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Open flames | the coal | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **disappear** | present | the coal *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The light scared the pit ponies away ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t7:o2:1 # text = The light scared the pit ponies away 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 scared scare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 ponies pony VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scare** | past | the light | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pony away** | present | the pit | | | | | away *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The flame could set off gas in the mine ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t7:o3:1 # text = The flame could set off gas in the mine 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 flame flame NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 gas gas NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mine mine NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set off** | could | the flame | gas | | the mine | | | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition gas=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The flames made the air too cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t7:o4:1 # text = The flames made the air too cold 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the flames | the air | | | | cold *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset air=Product | **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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