Test 13 · ★ · Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel…

did u hear a kid picked up a used firework on bonfire night and "it went off in his hand". lesson?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid, firework · What happens: hear, pick up, use, go off · To what, where: kid, used firework, hand

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 322 «Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel plugs, balconies, toddlers, medicines, fire and fireworks» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obj
6	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 kid	acl
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 picked	compound:prt
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 firework	det
9	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 firework	amod
10	firework	firework	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 picked	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 night	case
12	bonfire	bonfire	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 night	compound
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 firework	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 went	cc
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 went	punct
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 went	nsubj
17	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 firework	conj
18	off	off	ADP	_	17 went	compound:prt
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 hand	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 hand	nmod:poss
21	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 went	obl
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 hand	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
24	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl:unmarked
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	a kid			lesson obl:unmarked	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus
2	pick up	participle	a kid not said here	a used firework		on bonfire night		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent firework=Topic
3	use	participle						vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	go off in a quote	past	firework		kid's hand			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in hand=Location

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

Pick them up with one finger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pick	obj
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 Pick	compound:prt
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 finger	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 finger	nummod
6	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	imperative	you not said here	them = they				with one finger	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic

Option 2

Kick them away instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kick	kick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Kick	obj
3	away	away	ADV	_	1 Kick	advmod
4	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Kick	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick away	imperative	you not said here	them = they				away, instead property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Never pick up a used firework; they can still burn very hot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 pick	advmod
2	pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 pick	compound:prt
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 firework	det
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 firework	amod
6	firework	firework	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pick	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 burn	punct
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 burn	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 burn	aux
10	still	still	ADV	_	11 burn	advmod
11	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pick	conj
12	very	very	ADV	_	13 hot	advmod
13	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 burn	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	not pick up	imperative	you not said here	a used firework			vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent firework=Topic
2	use	participle					vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	burn	can	they		still	hot property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Used fireworks are always safe to touch once the sparks have stopped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fireworks	amod
2	fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 safe	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 safe	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 safe	advmod
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 touch	mark
7	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 safe	xcomp
8	once	once	SCONJ	_	12 stopped	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sparks	det
10	sparks	spark	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 stopped	nsubj:pass
11	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 stopped	aux
12	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 touch	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	participle				vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Used fireworks		always, safe property	tree rules
3	touch	to-infinitive	Used fireworks not said here			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	stop	present · perfect · passive		the sparks		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

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