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title: Which is true about a sparkler on the Fourth of July? — Holidays of the region · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is true about a sparkler on the Fourth of July? Test 2 · ★ 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 2 · ★ · Holidays of the region

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Which is true about a sparkler on the Fourth of July?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t2:1
# text = Which is true about a sparkler on the Fourth of July?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sparkler	sparkler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Fourth	fourth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	July	July	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about a sparkler on the Fourth of July; true *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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It cannot burn clothes or skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t2:o1:1
# text = It cannot burn clothes or skin
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **burn** | can | It | clothes or skin |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme |

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

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It is much hotter than a candle flame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t2:o2:1
# text = It is much hotter than a candle flame
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	much	much	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	hotter	hot	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	candle	candle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	flame	flame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | than a candle flame; hot *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only big rockets can cause burns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t2:o3:1
# text = Only big rockets can cause burns
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rockets	rocket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	burns	burn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | can | big rockets | burns |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition burn=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is cool enough to touch at the tip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t2:o4:1
# text = It is cool enough to touch at the tip
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tip	tip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | cool, enough *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **touch** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the tip |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «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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