Test 18 · ★ · Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles

apparently a kid dropped a water balloon off the 10th floor balcony and it knocked a man out cold. should u try it from the 2nd floor?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid, u · What happens: drop, knock out, try · To what, where: water balloon, 10th floor balcony, cold, man, 2nd floor

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 218 «Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles» 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	4 dropped	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 kid	det
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	nsubj
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 balloon	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 balloon	compound
7	balloon	balloon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	obj
8	off	off	ADP	_	12 balcony	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 balcony	det
10	10th	10th	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord	12 balcony	amod
11	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 balcony	compound
12	balcony	balcony	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 knocked	cc
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 knocked	nsubj
15	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dropped	conj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 man	det
17	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 knocked	obj
18	out	out	ADP	_	15 knocked	compound:prt
19	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 knocked	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	23 try	punct
21	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 try	aux
22	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	23 try	nsubj
23	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 dropped	conj
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 try	obj
25	from	from	ADP	_	28 floor	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 floor	det
27	2nd	2nd	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord	28 floor	amod
28	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 try	obl
29	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 dropped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	drop	past	a kid	a water balloon		the 10th floor balcony	apparently property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent balloon=Theme off balcony=Destination
2	knock out	past	kid	cold	a man			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent man=Destination cold=Theme
3	try	should	u	cold		the 2nd floor		vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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

Yes, water balloons are soft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 balloons	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 balloons	compound
4	balloons	balloon	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 soft	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 soft	cop
6	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, never drop anything from a balcony

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 drop	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 drop	punct
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 drop	advmod
4	drop	drop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 drop	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 balcony	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 balcony	det
8	balcony	balcony	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not drop	imperative	you not said here	anything		a balcony			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent anything=Theme from balcony=Destination

Option 3

Yes, if you shout a warning first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 shout	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 shout	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 shout	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 shout	nsubj
5	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 warning	det
7	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shout	obj
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 shout	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	present	you	a warning				first property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Topic

Option 4

Yes, the 2nd floor is low enough to be totally safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 low	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 floor	det
4	2nd	2nd	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord	5 floor	amod
5	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 low	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 low	cop
7	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	enough	enough	ADV	_	7 low	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	12 safe	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 safe	cop
11	totally	totally	ADV	_	12 safe	advmod
12	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 low	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the 2nd floor					enough, low property	tree rules
2	is	to-infinitive	the 2nd floor not said here					safe, totally property	tree rules

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