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title: A girl in Ohio wants to keep a firefly in a jar as a pet lamp. Why i… — Chickens, goats and little creatures · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Ohio wants to keep a firefly in a jar as a pet lamp. Why is this a bad idea? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 68 «Chickens, goats and little creatures» 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 · ★ · Chickens, goats and little creatures

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A girl in Ohio wants to keep a firefly in a jar as a pet lamp. Why is this a bad idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, this · **What happens:** want, keep, be · **To what, where:** firefly, jar, bad idea

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 68 «Chickens, goats and little creatures» 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/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Ohio wants to keep a firefly in a jar as a pet lamp.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t2:1
# text = A girl in Ohio wants to keep a firefly in a jar as a pet lamp.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Ohio	Ohio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	firefly	firefly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | a girl in Ohio |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a girl in Ohio *not said here* | a firefly |  | a jar |  | as a pet lamp | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent firefly=Theme in jar=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why is this a bad idea?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t2:2
# text = Why is this a bad idea?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | this | a bad idea |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Fireflies are far too bright to keep inside a bedroom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t2:o1:1
# text = Fireflies are far too bright to keep inside a bedroom
1	Fireflies	firefly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Fireflies |  |  |  |  | bright, far *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | Fireflies *not said here* |  |  | a bedroom |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent inside bedroom=Location |

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

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Fireflies die in jars, and they glow to find each other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t2:o2:1
# text = Fireflies die in jars, and they glow to find each other
1	Fireflies	firefly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	jars	jar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	glow	glow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	10	obj	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present | Fireflies |  |  |  |  | in jars | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in jar=Attribute |
| 2 | **glow** | present | Fireflies *= firefly* |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **find** | to-infinitive | Fireflies *= firefly* *not said here* | each |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fireflies only glow in the daytime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t2:o3:1
# text = Fireflies only glow in the daytime
1	Fireflies	firefly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	glow	glow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	daytime	daytime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | present | Fireflies |  |  | the daytime |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in daytime=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fireflies eat the jar lid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t2:o4:1
# text = Fireflies eat the jar lid
1	Fireflies	firefly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Fireflies | the jar lid |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Patient |

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