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title: my cousin said a campfire from last week was still hot and set the w… — Campfires, cold nights and rivers · tree and pragmatics
description: my cousin said a campfire from last week was still hot and set the whole forest on fire. probably exaggerated? Test 18 · ★ 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 each option; Mo
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# Test 18 · ★ · Campfires, cold nights and rivers

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my cousin said a campfire from last week was still hot and set the whole forest on fire. probably exaggerated?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin · **What happens:** say, be, set, exaggerate · **To what, where:** campfire, whole forest, fire · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:231-campfires-and-rivers:t18:1
# text = my cousin said a campfire from last week was still hot and set the whole forest on fire. probably exaggerated?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	campfire	campfire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	still	still	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
20	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my cousin | a campfire |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent campfire=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  | still; week | hot *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **set** | past |  | the whole forest |  | fire |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent forest=Theme on fire=Destination |
| 4 | **exaggerate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | probably *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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Fires go out on their own straight away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:231-campfires-and-rivers:t18:o1:1
# text = Fires go out on their own straight away
1	Fires	fire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
7	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | present | Fires |  |  | Fires's own |  | away, out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Forests can't burn from small fires

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:231-campfires-and-rivers:t18:o2:1
# text = Forests can't burn from small fires
1	Forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fires	fire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **burn** | can | Forests |  |  |  |  | from small fires | vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Patient from fire=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A week is a stretch, but hidden embers stay hot for hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:231-campfires-and-rivers:t18:o3:1
# text = A week is a stretch, but hidden embers stay hot for hours
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stretch	stretch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	embers	ember	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a week | a stretch |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stay** | present | hidden embers |  |  |  | hour | hot *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Embers are never hot after dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:231-campfires-and-rivers:t18:o4:1
# text = Embers are never hot after dark
1	Embers	ember	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Embers |  |  |  | after dark | hot *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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