Test 8 · Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks
bet u can't stick this balloon on the ceiling without tape. How could you do it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, u · What happens: bet, not stick, do · To what, where: balloon, ceiling
This is test 8 of lesson 26 «Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks» 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
Sentence 1: bet u can't stick this balloon on the ceiling without tape.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bet | bet | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 stick | nsubj |
| 3 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 stick | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 stick | advmod |
| 5 | stick | stick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 bet | ccomp |
| 6 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 balloon | det |
| 7 | balloon | balloon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stick | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 ceiling | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 ceiling | det |
| 10 | ceiling | ceiling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stick | obl |
| 11 | without | without | ADP | _ | 12 tape | case |
| 12 | tape | tape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stick | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 bet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bet | imperative | you not said here | vn risk-94 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | not stick | can | u | this balloon | the ceiling | without tape | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent balloon=Theme on ceiling=Destination |
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.
Sentence 2: How could you do it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 do | advmod |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | could | you | balloon | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Rub it on your hair and hold it up to the ceiling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rub | rub | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Rub | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 hair | case |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 hair | nmod:poss |
| 5 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Rub | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 hold | cc |
| 7 | hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Rub | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hold | obj |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 hold | compound:prt |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 ceiling | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 ceiling | det |
| 12 | ceiling | ceiling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hold | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rub | imperative | you not said here | it | your hair | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on hair=Destination | |||
| 2 | hold up | infinitive | you not said here | hair | to the ceiling | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |
Option 2
Paint it with glitter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paint | paint | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Paint | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 glitter | case |
| 4 | glitter | glitter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Paint | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paint | imperative | you not said here | it | with glitter | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with glitter=Theme |
Option 3
Fill it with water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fill | fill | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Fill | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 water | case |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fill | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill | imperative | you not said here | it | with water | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with water=Instrument |
Option 4
Freeze it first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freeze | freeze | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Freeze | obj |
| 3 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Freeze | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze | imperative | you not said here | it | first property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result |
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