Test 3 · ★ · Bites, stings and things you find on the ground

Why might a firework lying in the grass be dangerous days later?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: firework · What happens: lie, be · To what, where: grass

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 238 «Bites, stings and things you find on the ground» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 lying	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 lying	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 firework	det
4	firework	firework	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lying	nsubj
5	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 grass	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 grass	det
8	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lying	obl
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 dangerous	cop
10	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 days	amod
11	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 later	obl:unmarked
12	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 lying	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 lying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	might	a firework			the grass		late property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in grass=Location
2	is	infinitive						dangerous 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

Fireworks melt in the sun and burn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 melt	nsubj
2	melt	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 sun	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sun	det
5	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 melt	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 burn	cc
7	burn	burn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sun	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	present	Fireworks			the sun and burn			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Fireworks turn into poison after use

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 turn	nsubj
2	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	4 poison	case
4	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turn	obl
5	after	after	ADP	_	6 use	case
6	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	Fireworks			poison	after use		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into poison=Trajectory

Option 3

It will attract wasps and bees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 attract	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 attract	aux
3	attract	attract	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 attract	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 bees	cc
6	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wasps	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	future	It	wasps and bees					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wasp=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It may still explode

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 explode	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 explode	aux
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 explode	advmod
4	explode	explode	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explode	may	It				still		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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