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title: did u hear some guy poured petrol on a campfire to get it going and… — Campfires, cold nights and rivers · tree and pragmatics
description: did u hear some guy poured petrol on a campfire to get it going and it went WHOOSH and burnt his eyebrows off? real lesson? Test 16 · ★ of lesson 231 «Campfires, cold nights and rivers» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 16 · ★ · Campfires, cold nights and rivers

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did u hear some guy poured petrol on a campfire to get it going and it went WHOOSH and burnt his eyebrows off? real lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** u, guy, petrol · **What happens:** hear, pour, get, go, burnt off · **To what, where:** guy, petrol, campfire, WHOOSH, eyebrows

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This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 231 «Campfires, cold nights and rivers» 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/231-campfires-and-rivers/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:231-campfires-and-rivers:t16:1
# text = did u hear some guy poured petrol on a campfire to get it going and it went WHOOSH and burnt his eyebrows off? real lesson?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	poured	pour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	petrol	petrol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	campfire	campfire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	xcomp	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
18	WHOOSH	whoosh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	burnt	burnt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	eyebrows	eyebrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	_
23	off	off	ADP	RP	_	20	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	_
25	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u | some guy |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer guy=Stimulus |
| 2 | **pour** | participle | some guy *not said here* | petrol |  | a campfire |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent petrol=Patient |
| 3 | **get** | to-infinitive | some guy *not said here* | petrol |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | gerund | petrol *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **go** | past | petrol | WHOOSH |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location whoosh=Theme |
| 6 | **burnt off** | past | petrol *not said here* | his eyebrows |  |  |  | real lesson *obl* | 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 {#o1}

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Stand back a step when you pour it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:231-campfires-and-rivers:t16:o1:1
# text = Stand back a step when you pour it
1	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	pour	pour	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand back** | imperative | you *not said here* | a step |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pour** | present | you | step |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Never put petrol or fuel on a fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:231-campfires-and-rivers:t16:o2:1
# text = Never put petrol or fuel on a fire
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	petrol	petrol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	fuel	fuel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | petrol or fuel |  | a fire |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent petrol=Theme on fire=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Use only a little petrol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:231-campfires-and-rivers:t16:o3:1
# text = Use only a little petrol
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	petrol	petrol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a little petrol |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent petrol=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Petrol is fine on small fires

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:231-campfires-and-rivers:t16:o4:1
# text = Petrol is fine on small fires
1	Petrol	petrol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fires	fire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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

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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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