Test 17 · ★ · Litter and caring for nature

apparently at a party they let off 100 balloons and a cow ate one and died. what's the true lesson?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: they, cow · What happens: let off, eat, die, be · To what, where: 100 balloons, party, one, true lesson

This is test 17 · ★ 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	6 let	advmod
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 party	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 party	det
4	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	obl
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 let	nsubj
6	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 let	compound:prt
8	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 balloons	nummod
9	balloons	balloon	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 let	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 ate	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 cow	det
12	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ate	nsubj
13	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 let	conj
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 ate	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 died	cc
16	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 ate	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 ate	punct
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 lesson	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 lesson	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 lesson	det
21	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 lesson	amod
22	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ate	parataxis
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	let off	past	they	100 balloons	a party	apparently property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent balloon=Theme at party=Asset
2	eat	past	a cow	one			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient
3	die	past	a cow not said here				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	is a	present		the true lesson			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

Cows never eat balloons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eat	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 eat	advmod
3	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	balloons	balloon	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not eat	present	Cows	balloons					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balloon=Patient

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

Never release balloons; they come down as litter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 release	advmod
2	release	release	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	balloons	balloon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 release	obj
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 come	nsubj
6	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 release	advcl
7	down	down	ADV	_	6 come	advmod
8	as	as	ADP	_	9 litter	case
9	litter	litter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not release	imperative	you not said here	balloons					vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer balloon=Source
2	come down	present	balloons = balloon					as litter; down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Use red balloons, because animals always avoid red

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 balloons	amod
3	balloons	balloon	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Use	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 avoid	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 avoid	mark
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 avoid	nsubj
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 avoid	advmod
8	avoid	avoid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Use	advcl
9	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 avoid	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	red balloons					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balloon=Patient
2	avoid	present	animals					always, red property	vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Only release a few balloons at a time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 release	advmod
2	release	release	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 balloons	det
4	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 balloons	amod
5	balloons	balloon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 release	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 time	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 time	det
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 release	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	imperative	you not said here	a few balloons			time		vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer balloon=Source

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