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Test 7 · ★ · Colours of fire: fireworks

"fireworks were invented for war first, then for fun". What's true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: invent, be · To what, where: fireworks

This is test 7 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: "fireworks were invented for war first, then for fun".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 invented	punct
2	fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 invented	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 invented	aux:pass
4	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 war	case
6	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 invented	obl
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 invented	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fun	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 fun	advmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 fun	case
11	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 invented	parataxis
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 fun	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 invented	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent in a quote	past · passive		fireworks				for war; first property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Result for war=Beneficiary

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.

Sentence 2: What's true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They were only ever used for war and nothing else

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 used	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 used	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 used	advmod
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 used	advmod
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 war	case
7	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 used	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 nothing	cc
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 war	conj
10	else	else	ADV	_	9 nothing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past · passive		They			ever	for war	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for war=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They were used for celebrations long before guns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 used	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 used	aux:pass
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 celebrations	case
5	celebrations	celebration	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 used	obl
6	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 used	advmod
7	before	before	ADP	_	8 guns	case
8	guns	gun	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past · passive		They			before guns	for celebrations; long property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for celebration=Eventuality

Option 3

They were first made for war in Europe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux:pass
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 made	advmod
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 war	case
6	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Europe	case
8	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		They		Europe		for war; first property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for war=Asset

Option 4

They were invented in 1900 for parties

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 invented	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 invented	aux:pass
3	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 1900	case
5	1900	1900	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 invented	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 parties	case
7	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 invented	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past · passive	parties	They		1900			vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result

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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