--- title: can i wave the sparkler around my sister — Holidays of the region · tree and pragmatics description: can i wave the sparkler around my sister Test 15 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/t15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Holidays of the region](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★ · Holidays of the region can i wave the sparkler around my sister **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** wave · **To what, where:** sparkler This is test 15 · ★ 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/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t15:1 # text = can i wave the sparkler around my sister 1 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wave wave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sparkler sparkler NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 around around ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wave** | can | i | the sparkler | | | | around my sister | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sparkler=Patient | 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} Yes, if you're careful ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t15:o1:1 # text = Yes, if you're careful 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | you | | | | | careful *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only above her head, where the sparks can't reach her ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t15:o2:1 # text = Only above her head, where the sparks can't reach her 1 Only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 above above ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sparks spark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 9 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl:relcl _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **reach** | can | the sparks | her *= she* | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, they're safe ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t15:o3:1 # text = Yes, they're safe 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | they | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, sparklers can burn clothes and skin ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t15:o4:1 # text = No, sparklers can burn clothes and skin 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 sparklers sparkler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | can | sparklers | clothes and skin | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | **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. 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