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title: At a New Year fireworks show, which is the safest way to watch? — Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves,… · tree and pragmatics
description: At a New Year fireworks show, which is the safest way to watch? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 322 «Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel plugs, balconies, toddlers, medicines, fire and fireworks» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel…

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At a New Year fireworks show, which is the safest way to watch?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fireworks · **What happens:** show, be, watch · **To what, where:** safest way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 322 «Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel plugs, balconies, toddlers, medicines, fire and fireworks» 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/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t9:1
# text = At a New Year fireworks show, which is the safest way to watch?
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Year	Year	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	ccomp	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | fireworks |  |  |  | at a New Year |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the safest way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **watch** | to-infinitive | fireworks *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Holding a lit firework in your hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t9:o1:1
# text = Holding a lit firework in your hand
1	Holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	lit	lit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	firework	firework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund |  | a lit firework |  | your hand |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent firework=Theme in hand=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
From a safe distance behind the line the adults set

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t9:o2:1
# text = From a safe distance behind the line the adults set
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	compound	_	_
10	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	acl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Picking up used fireworks as souvenirs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t9:o3:1
# text = Picking up used fireworks as souvenirs
1	Picking	pick	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	souvenirs	souvenir	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | gerund |  | used fireworks |  |  |  | as souvenirs | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent firework=Topic |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Right up next to the fireworks, so you get the very best view of them

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t9:o4:1
# text = Right up next to the fireworks, so you get the very best view of them
1	Right	right	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	up	up	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
3	next	next	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	very	very	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	amod	_	_
14	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | you | the best view of fireworks |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer view=Stimulus |
| 2 | **view** |  |  | fireworks *= firework* |  |  |  |  | nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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