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title: State the principal hazard arising from children running in proximit… — Giggles, skipping and the collection p… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the principal hazard arising from children running in proximity to lit candles. Exam question 4 of lesson 364 «Giggles, skipping and the collection plate» 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 
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# Exam question 4 · Giggles, skipping and the collection plate

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State the principal hazard arising from children running in proximity to lit candles.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal hazard, children · **What happens:** arise, run · **To what, where:** proximity

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 364 «Giggles, skipping and the collection plate» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:e4:1
# text = State the principal hazard arising from children running in proximity to lit candles.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hazard	hazard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	arising	arise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	proximity	proximity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	lit	lit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | gerund | the principal hazard *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from children | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **run** | gerund | children *not said here* |  |  | proximity |  | to lit candles *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to candle=Result |

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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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No appreciable hazard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:e4:o1:1
# text = No appreciable hazard
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	appreciable	appreciable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hazard	hazard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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The risk of burns and of fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:e4:o2:1
# text = The risk of burns and of fire
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	risk	risk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	burns	burn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **risk** |  |  | burns and fire |  |  |  |  | nom risk «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The risk of disturbing the dust

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:e4:o3:1
# text = The risk of disturbing the dust
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	risk	risk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	disturbing	disturb	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disturb** | gerund | the risk *not said here* | the dust |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dust=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The risk of extinguishing the candles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:e4:o4:1
# text = The risk of extinguishing the candles
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	risk	risk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	extinguishing	extinguish	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **extinguish** | gerund | the risk *not said here* | the candles |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent candle=Patient |

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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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