Test 11 · ★ · Colours of fire: fireworks

Why is the air dirtier for a few hours after a big display?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: air · What happens: be

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 26 «Colours of fire: fireworks» of the chemistry 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 dirtier	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dirtier	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 air	det
4	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dirtier	nsubj
5	dirtier	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 hours	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hours	det
8	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hours	amod
9	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dirtier	obl
10	after	after	ADP	_	13 display	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 display	det
12	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 display	amod
13	display	display	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hours	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 dirtier	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the air				hour	dirty property	tree rules

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Fireworks leave smoke of tiny particles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 leave	nsubj
2	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leave	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 particles	case
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 particles	amod
6	particles	particle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 smoke	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present	Fireworks	smoke of tiny particles					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smoke=Theme
2	smoke		tiny particles						nom smoke «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

The bangs shake dust off buildings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bangs	det
2	bangs	bang	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shake	nsubj
3	shake	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shake	obj
5	off	off	ADP	_	3 shake	compound:prt
6	buildings	building	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shake	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake off	present	the bangs	dust					vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent dust=Theme building=Destination

Option 3

The lights heat the air and make fog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lights	det
2	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 heat	nsubj
3	heat	heat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 air	det
5	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heat	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 make	cc
7	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 heat	conj
8	fog	fog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heat	present	the lights	the air					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent air=Patient
2	make	present	the lights not said here	fog					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fog=Product

Option 4

Fireworks suck all the clean air up into the sky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 suck	nsubj
2	suck	suck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 air	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 air	det
5	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 air	amod
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 suck	obj
7	up	up	ADV	_	2 suck	compound:prt
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 sky	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sky	det
10	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 suck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suck up	present	Fireworks	all clean air		the sky			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent air=Source

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