--- title: If the burner of a hot-air balloon stopped working high in the sky,… — Gases all around: breath and balloons · tree and pragmatics description: If the burner of a hot-air balloon stopped working high in the sky, what would happen? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 20 «Gases all around: breath and balloons» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/20-gases-all-around-breath-and-balloons/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Chemistry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/) / [Gases all around: breath and balloons](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/20-gases-all-around-breath-and-balloons/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Gases all around: breath and balloons If the burner of a hot-air balloon stopped working high in the sky, what would happen? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** burner, sky · **What happens:** stop, work, happen This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 20 «Gases all around: breath and balloons» of the chemistry 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chemistry/20-gases-all-around-breath-and-balloons/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:20-gases-all-around-breath-and-balloons:t4:1 # text = If the burner of a hot-air balloon stopped working high in the sky, what would happen? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 burner burner NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 balloon balloon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 10 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 xcomp _ _ 12 high high ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 nsubj _ _ 18 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past | the burner of a air balloon | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **work** | gerund | the burner of a air balloon *not said here* | | | | | in the sky; high *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in sky=Theme | | 3 | **happen** | would | the sky | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The air inside would cool and the balloon would sink ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:20-gases-all-around-breath-and-balloons:t4:o1:1 # text = The air inside would cool and the balloon would sink 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 inside inside ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 cool cool VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 balloon balloon NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 sink sink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cool** | would | the air | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **sink** | would | the balloon | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The balloon would stay still for ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:20-gases-all-around-breath-and-balloons:t4:o2:1 # text = The balloon would stay still for ever 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 balloon balloon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | would | the balloon | | | | still | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The balloon would shoot up faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:20-gases-all-around-breath-and-balloons:t4:o3:1 # text = The balloon would shoot up faster 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 balloon balloon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shoot up** | would | the balloon | | | | | fast *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The balloon would burst at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:20-gases-all-around-breath-and-balloons:t4:o4:1 # text = The balloon would burst at once 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 balloon balloon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 burst burst VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burst** | would | the balloon | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location | **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. 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