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title: why's the candle go out when u put a jar over it — Air and why we need it · tree and pragmatics
description: why's the candle go out when u put a jar over it Test 11 · ★ of lesson 17 «Air and why we need it» of the world 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 11 · ★ · Air and why we need it

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why's the candle go out when u put a jar over it

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** candle, u · **What happens:** go out, put · **To what, where:** jar, candle

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 17 «Air and why we need it» of the world 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/world/17-air-oxygen-carbon-dioxide/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:17-air-oxygen-carbon-dioxide:t11:1
# text = why's the candle go out when u put a jar over it
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	candle	candle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	over	over	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | present | the candle |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **put** | past | u | a jar |  | candle |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent jar=Theme over it=Destination |

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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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The jar makes it too cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:17-air-oxygen-carbon-dioxide:t11:o1:1
# text = The jar makes it too cold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the jar | it |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material it=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The smoke pushes the flame down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:17-air-oxygen-carbon-dioxide:t11:o2:1
# text = The smoke pushes the flame down
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pushes	push	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	flame	flame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push down** | present | the smoke | the flame |  |  |  | down *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flame=Theme |

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

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It uses up the oxygen it needs to burn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:17-air-oxygen-carbon-dioxide:t11:o3:1
# text = It uses up the oxygen it needs to burn
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use up** | present | It | the oxygen |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oxygen=Patient |
| 2 | **need** | present | oxygen | the oxygen *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **burn** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the oxygen *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The glass blocks the light it needs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:17-air-oxygen-carbon-dioxide:t11:o4:1
# text = The glass blocks the light it needs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	blocks	block	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | present | the glass | the light |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer light=Theme |
| 2 | **need** | present | glass | the light *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot light=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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