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title: Which is TRUE about firework displays? — Money in town and staying safe in crowds · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is TRUE about firework displays? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 276 «Money in town and staying safe in crowds» 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Money in town and staying safe in crowds

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Which is TRUE about firework displays?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 276 «Money in town and staying safe in crowds» 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/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t5:1
# text = Which is TRUE about firework displays?
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	firework	firework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	displays	display	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about firework displays; 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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Barriers are there only to keep the grass tidy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t5:o1:1
# text = Barriers are there only to keep the grass tidy
1	Barriers	barrier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	tidy	tidy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Barriers |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | Barriers *not said here* | the grass tidy |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tidy=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Children may stand closer than adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t5:o2:1
# text = Children may stand closer than adults
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | may | Children |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Standing behind the barrier keeps you a safe distance away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t5:o3:1
# text = Standing behind the barrier keeps you a safe distance away
1	Standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	csubj	_	_
2	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	barrier	barrier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund |  |  |  | the barrier |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind barrier=Location |
| 2 | **keep** | present | Standing | you |  |  |  | away *property* | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent you=Theme distance=Attribute |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Fireworks are safe once they leave the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t5:o4:1
# text = Fireworks are safe once they leave the ground
1	Fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Fireworks |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | present | Fireworks *= firework* | the ground |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=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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