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title: Why are fireworks safest at an organised display? — Holidays of the region · tree and pragmatics
description: Why are fireworks safest at an organised display? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 265 «Holidays of the region» 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 10 · ★ · Holidays of the region

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Why are fireworks safest at an organised display?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fireworks · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** organised display

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 265 «Holidays of the region» 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/265-holidays-of-the-region/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t10:1
# text = Why are fireworks safest at an organised display?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	organised	organised	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	display	display	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | fireworks |  |  | a organised display |  | safe *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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Children may help light them there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t10:o1:1
# text = Children may help light them there
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	light	light	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | may | Children |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **light** | infinitive | Children *not said here* | Children *= child* |  | there |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product |

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

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Trained people let them off while the crowd stands back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t10:o2:1
# text = Trained people let them off while the crowd stands back
1	Trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	let	let	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **let off** | present | Trained people | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 3 | **stand back** | present | the crowd |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Displays use fireworks that cannot explode or hurt anyone in the crowd

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t10:o3:1
# text = Displays use fireworks that cannot explode or hurt anyone in the crowd
1	Displays	display	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	explode	explode	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Displays | fireworks |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent firework=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **explode** | can | fireworks |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **hurt** | infinitive | fireworks *not said here* | anyone |  | the crowd |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The fireworks there are not hot at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t10:o4:1
# text = The fireworks there are not hot at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | the fireworks |  |  | all |  | 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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