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title: Why might a firework lying in the grass be dangerous days later? — Bites, stings and things you find on t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might a firework lying in the grass be dangerous days later? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 238 «Bites, stings and things you find on the ground» 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 was right.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Bites, stings and things you find on the ground

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Why might a firework lying in the grass be dangerous days later?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** firework · **What happens:** lie, be · **To what, where:** grass

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 238 «Bites, stings and things you find on the ground» 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/238-bites-and-things-you-find/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:t3:1
# text = Why might a firework lying in the grass be dangerous days later?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	firework	firework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | might | a firework |  |  | the grass |  | late *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in grass=Location |
| 2 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | dangerous *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 {#o1}

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Fireworks melt in the sun and burn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:t3:o1:1
# text = Fireworks melt in the sun and burn
1	Fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	melt	melt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	burn	burn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | present | Fireworks |  |  | the sun and burn |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fireworks turn into poison after use

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:t3:o2:1
# text = Fireworks turn into poison after use
1	Fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Fireworks |  |  | poison | after use |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into poison=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It will attract wasps and bees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:t3:o3:1
# text = It will attract wasps and bees
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	attract	attract	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	wasps	wasp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attract** | future | It | wasps and bees |  |  |  |  | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wasp=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It may still explode

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:t3:o4:1
# text = It may still explode
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	explode	explode	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explode** | may | It |  |  |  | still |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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