Test 11 · ★ · Litter and caring for nature

for nan's party can we let the balloons go??

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we, balloons · What happens: let, go

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 239 «Litter and caring for nature» 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	for	for	ADP	_	4 party	case
2	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 party	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 nan	case
4	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 let	obl
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 let	aux
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 let	nsubj
7	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 balloons	det
9	balloons	balloon	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 go	nsubj
10	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 let	xcomp
11	??	??	PUNCT	_	7 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	can	we					for nan's party	tree rules
2	go	present	the balloons						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

No, balloons come down as litter that hurts animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 come	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct
3	balloons	balloon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 come	nsubj
4	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	down	down	ADV	_	4 come	advmod
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 litter	case
7	litter	litter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 come	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 hurts	nsubj
9	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 litter	acl:relcl
10	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hurts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come down	present	balloons					as litter; down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hurt	present	litter	animals					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer animal=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, they just float away up to space

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 float	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 float	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 float	advmod
5	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 float	advmod
7	up	up	ADP	_	9 space	case
8	to	to	ADP	_	7 up	fixed
9	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 float	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float away	present	they			space		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up space=Trajectory

Option 3

Yes, if they're colourful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 colourful	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 colourful	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 colourful	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 colourful	cop
6	colourful	colourful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 4

Only helium balloons, cos they go higher n never come down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 balloons	advmod
2	helium	helium	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 balloons	compound
3	balloons	balloon	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 go	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 go	punct
5	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	7 go	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 go	nsubj
7	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 go	xcomp
9	n	not	ADV	_	11 come	advmod
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 come	advmod
11	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 go	advcl
12	down	down	ADV	_	11 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	helium balloons					high property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not come down	infinitive	helium balloons not said here					down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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