--- title: What would happen to a blown-up balloon left in a cold car overnight? — Solids, liquids and gases · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to a blown-up balloon left in a cold car overnight? Test 2 of lesson 4 «Solids, liquids and gases» 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/4-solids-liquids-and-gases/t2/) [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/) / [Solids, liquids and gases](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/4-solids-liquids-and-gases/) / t2 # Test 2 · Solids, liquids and gases What would happen to a blown-up balloon left in a cold car overnight? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** happen, blow up, leave · **To what, where:** blown balloon, cold car This is test 2 of lesson 4 «Solids, liquids and gases» 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/4-solids-liquids-and-gases/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:4-solids-liquids-and-gases:t2:1 # text = What would happen to a blown-up balloon left in a cold car overnight? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 9 balloon balloon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 overnight overnight ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to a blown balloon; overnight *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **blow up** | participle | | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **leave** | participle | | a blown balloon *not said here* | | | | in a cold car *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in car=Result | 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 {#o1} It would turn into a liquid ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:4-solids-liquids-and-gases:t2:o1:1 # text = It would turn into a liquid 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 liquid liquid NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | It | | | a liquid | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into liquid=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It would shrink a little and grow back when warmed ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:4-solids-liquids-and-gases:t2:o2:1 # text = It would shrink a little and grow back when warmed 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 shrink shrink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 10 warmed warm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shrink** | would | It | a little | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent little=Patient | | 2 | **grow back** | present | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **warm** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It would grow bigger and bigger in the cold until it popped ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:4-solids-liquids-and-gases:t2:o3:1 # text = It would grow bigger and bigger in the cold until it popped 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 conj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ _ 10 until until SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 popped pop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | It | | | | | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pop** | past | it | | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would burst from the cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:4-solids-liquids-and-gases:t2:o4:1 # text = It would burst from the cold 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 burst burst VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burst** | would | It | | | the cold | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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