Test 1 · ★ · Floating in the real world: ice, submarines and balloons

bro just let the balloons go at the party, they'll come back right

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: bro, balloons · What happens: let, go, come back · To what, where: party

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 12 «Floating in the real world: ice, submarines and balloons» of the physics 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 let	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 let	advmod
3	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 balloons	det
5	balloons	balloon	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 go	nsubj
6	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 let	ccomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 party	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 party	det
9	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 come	punct
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 come	nsubj
12	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 come	aux
13	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 let	conj
14	back	back	ADV	_	13 come	advmod
15	right	right	ADV	_	13 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	let	infinitive	bro			tree rules
2	go	present	the balloons	the party		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at party=Location
3	come back	future	balloons = balloon		right property	vn escape-51.1-1 «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

No, they float in space for ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 float	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 float	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 float	nsubj
4	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 space	case
6	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 float	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 ever	case
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 float	obl

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

Option 2

Yes, balloons always float back down

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	balloons	balloon	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 float	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 float	advmod
5	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 float	advmod
7	down	down	ADV	_	5 float	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float back	present	balloons					always, down property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

No, they rise until they pop and can harm wildlife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 rise	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 rise	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rise	nsubj
4	rise	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 pop	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 pop	nsubj
7	pop	pop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rise	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 harm	cc
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 harm	aux
10	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 rise	conj
11	wildlife	wildlife	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 harm	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	rise	present	they		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pop	present	they		vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	harm	can	they not said here	wildlife	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wildlife=Experiencer

Option 4

Yes, the wind brings them home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 brings	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wind	det
4	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brings	nsubj
5	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 brings	obj
7	home	home	ADV	_	5 brings	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	the wind	them = they				home property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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