Test 16 · ★ · Birthday parties

did u hear at Max's party a toddler swallowed a balloon bit n turned purple, they say he nearly died!!

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, toddler, balloon bit, they · What happens: hear, swallow, not turn, say, die · To what, where: party, balloon bit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 130 «Birthday parties» 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	at	at	ADP	_	7 party	case
5	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 party	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Max	case
7	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 toddler	det
9	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 swallowed	nsubj
10	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 party	acl:relcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bit	det
12	balloon	balloon	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bit	compound
13	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 swallowed	obl:unmarked
14	n	not	ADV	_	15 turned	advmod
15	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 bit	acl:relcl
16	purple	purple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 turned	xcomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 say	punct
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 say	nsubj
19	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	conj
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 died	nsubj
21	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	22 died	advmod
22	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 say	ccomp
23	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u		Max's party		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	swallow	past	a toddler	a balloon bit			vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient
3	not turn	past	a balloon bit not said here			purple property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	say speech: assert	present	they				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	die	past	toddler			nearly property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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 · ✓ the right answer

Keep burst balloon bits from little kids; "nearly died" may be blown up

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	burst	burst	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bits	det
3	balloon	balloon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bits	compound
4	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keep	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 kids	case
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 kids	amod
7	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keep	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 died	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 died	punct
10	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	11 died	advmod
11	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 blown	advcl
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 died	punct
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 blown	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 blown	aux:pass
15	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Keep	ccomp
16	up	up	ADP	_	15 blown	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	burst balloon bits	from little kids	tree rules
2	die in a quote	past			nearly property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	blow up	may · passive	you not said here			vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Toddlers can't choke on rubber

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toddlers	toddler	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 choke	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 choke	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 choke	advmod
4	choke	choke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 rubber	case
6	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 choke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not choke	can	Toddlers			rubber			vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Only big balloons are a choking risk, the small burst bits are too soft

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 balloons	advmod
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 balloons	amod
3	balloons	balloon	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 risk	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 risk	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 risk	det
6	choking	choking	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 risk	compound
7	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 risk	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bits	det
10	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bits	amod
11	burst	burst	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bits	compound
12	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 soft	nsubj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 soft	cop
14	too	too	ADV	_	15 soft	advmod
15	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 risk	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	big balloons	a choking risk					tree rules
2	is	present	the small burst bits					soft property	tree rules

Option 4

Balloon bits are safe to chew

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Balloon	balloon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bits	compound
2	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 safe	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 safe	cop
4	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 chew	mark
6	chew	chew	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 safe	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Balloon bits					safe property	tree rules
2	chew	to-infinitive	Balloon bits not said here						vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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