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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.

nsubjauxadvmodccompdetobjcasedetoblcaseoblpunctrootbetVERBuPRONcaAUXn'tPARTstickVERBthisDETballoonNOUNonADPtheDETceilingNOUNwithoutADPtapeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1betbetVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2uyouPRONAbbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs5 sticknsubj
3cacanAUXVerbForm=Fin5 stickaux
4n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg5 stickadvmod
5stickstickVERBVerbForm=Inf1 betccomp
6thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem7 balloondet
7balloonballoonNOUNNumber=Sing5 stickobj
8ononADP_10 ceilingcase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 ceilingdet
10ceilingceilingNOUNNumber=Sing5 stickobl
11withoutwithoutADP_12 tapecase
12tapetapeNOUNNumber=Sing5 stickobl
13..PUNCT_1 betpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1betimperativeyou not said herevn risk-94 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2not stickcanuthis balloonthe ceilingwithout tapevn 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?

advmodauxnsubjobjpunctrootHowADVcouldAUXyouPRONdoVERBitPRON?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HowhowADVPronType=Int4 doadvmod
2couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 doaux
3youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs4 donsubj
4dodoVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 doobj
6??PUNCT_4 dopunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1docouldyouballoonvn 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

objcasenmod:possoblccconjobjcompound:prtcasedetoblrootRubVERBitPRONonADPyourPRONhairNOUNandCCONJholdVERBitPRONupADPtoADPtheDETceilingNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RubrubVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Rubobj
3ononADP_5 haircase
4youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 hairnmod:poss
5hairhairNOUNNumber=Sing1 Rubobl
6andandCCONJ_7 holdcc
7holdholdVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Rubconj
8ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 holdobj
9upupADP_7 holdcompound:prt
10totoADP_12 ceilingcase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 ceilingdet
12ceilingceilingNOUNNumber=Sing7 holdobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1rubimperativeyou not said hereityour hairvn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on hair=Destination
2hold upinfinitiveyou not said herehairto the ceilingvn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 2

Paint it with glitter

objcaseoblrootPaintVERBitPRONwithADPglitterNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PaintpaintVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Paintobj
3withwithADP_4 glittercase
4glitterglitterNOUNNumber=Sing1 Paintobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1paintimperativeyou not said hereitwith glittervn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with glitter=Theme

Option 3

Fill it with water

objcaseoblrootFillVERBitPRONwithADPwaterNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FillfillVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Fillobj
3withwithADP_4 watercase
4waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing1 Fillobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1fillimperativeyou not said hereitwith watervn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with water=Instrument

Option 4

Freeze it first

objadvmodrootFreezeVERBitPRONfirstADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FreezefreezeVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Freezeobj
3firstfirstADVNumForm=Word NumType=Ord1 Freezeadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1freezeimperativeyou not said hereitfirst propertyvn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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