Test 5 · ★ · Money in town and staying safe in crowds

Which is TRUE about firework displays?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 276 «Money in town and staying safe in crowds» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 TRUE	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 TRUE	cop
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 displays	case
5	firework	firework	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 displays	compound
6	displays	display	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 TRUE	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 TRUE	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about firework displays; true 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

Barriers are there only to keep the grass tidy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Barriers	barrier	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 there	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 there	cop
3	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	3 there	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 keep	mark
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 there	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tidy	det
8	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tidy	compound
9	tidy	tidy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Barriers					there property	tree rules
2	keep	to-infinitive	Barriers not said here	the grass tidy					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tidy=Theme

Option 2

Children may stand closer than adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stand	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stand	aux
3	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 stand	xcomp
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 adults	case
6	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 closer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	may	Children					close property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Standing behind the barrier keeps you a safe distance away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 keeps	csubj
2	behind	behind	ADP	_	4 barrier	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 barrier	det
4	barrier	barrier	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Standing	obl
5	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 keeps	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 distance	det
8	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 distance	amod
9	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keeps	obj
10	away	away	ADV	_	5 keeps	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund				the barrier			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind barrier=Location
2	keep	present	Standing	you				away property	vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent you=Theme distance=Attribute

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Fireworks are safe once they leave the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 safe	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	once	once	SCONJ	_	6 leave	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 leave	nsubj
6	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ground	det
8	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Fireworks					safe property	tree rules
2	leave	present	Fireworks = firework	the ground					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Theme

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