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title: On Bonfire Night in London, a girl wants to hold a lit sparkler. Wha… — Fire, fireworks, garden dangers and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: On Bonfire Night in London, a girl wants to hold a lit sparkler. What makes it safer? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 219 «Fire, fireworks, garden dangers and the bathroom» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 3 · ★ · Fire, fireworks, garden dangers and the bathroom

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On Bonfire Night in London, a girl wants to hold a lit sparkler. What makes it safer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** want, hold, make · **To what, where:** lit sparkler, sparkler

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 219 «Fire, fireworks, garden dangers and the bathroom» of the everyday 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/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* On Bonfire Night in London, a girl wants to hold a lit sparkler.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom:t3:1
# text = On Bonfire Night in London, a girl wants to hold a lit sparkler.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	Bonfire	Bonfire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Night	Night	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	lit	lit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	sparkler	sparkler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | a girl |  |  |  | on Bonfire Night in London |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **hold** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a girl *not said here* | a lit sparkler |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sparkler=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 makes it safer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom:t3:2
# text = What makes it safer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	safer	safe	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present |  | sparkler |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material it=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Gloves, arm's length, then into a bucket of water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom:t3:o1:1
# text = Gloves, arm's length, then into a bucket of water
1	Gloves	glove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Dropping it on the lawn when it ends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom:t3:o2:1
# text = Dropping it on the lawn when it ends
1	Dropping	drop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | gerund |  | it |  | the lawn |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on lawn=Destination |
| 2 | **end** | present | lawn |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Waving it near her friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom:t3:o3:1
# text = Waving it near her friends
1	Waving	wave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	near	near	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | near her friends | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Holding it close to her face so she can see the sparks well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom:t3:o4:1
# text = Holding it close to her face so she can see the sparks well
1	Holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sparks	spark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund | she *not said here* | it |  |  |  | close *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | can | she | the sparks |  |  |  | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spark=Stimulus |

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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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