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title: In a cartoon a firecracker goes off in a cat's paws and the cat just… — Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers an… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a firecracker goes off in a cat's paws and the cat just has sooty fur. What is wrong? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 19 «Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 4 · ★ · Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears

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In a cartoon a firecracker goes off in a cat's paws and the cat just has sooty fur. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** firecracker, cat · **What happens:** go off, have, be · **To what, where:** cartoon, sooty fur

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 19 «Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears» of the physics 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/physics/19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a firecracker goes off in a cat's paws and the cat just has sooty fur.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t4:1
# text = In a cartoon a firecracker goes off in a cat's paws and the cat just has sooty fur.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	firecracker	firecracker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	just	just	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
18	sooty	sooty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go off** | present | a firecracker |  |  | a cartoon |  | in a cat's paws | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location |
| 2 | **have** | present | the cat | sooty fur |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fur=Patient |

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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:* What is wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t4:2
# text = What is wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Real fireworks only ever burn your hair and never your skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t4:o1:1
# text = Real fireworks only ever burn your hair and never your skin
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	burn	burn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	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 | **burn** | infinitive | Real fireworks | your hair |  |  | ever |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hair=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Real cats are immune to bangs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t4:o2:1
# text = Real cats are immune to bangs
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	immune	immune	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bangs	bang	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Real cats |  |  |  |  | to bangs; immune *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, that is exactly what happens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t4:o3:1
# text = Nothing, that is exactly what happens
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	1	nmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
7	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | exactly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Real fireworks can badly injure anyone who holds them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t4:o4:1
# text = Real fireworks can badly injure anyone who holds them
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	injure	injure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **injure** | can | Real fireworks | anyone |  |  |  | badly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | present |  | fireworks *= firework* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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