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title: Identify the hazard most commonly associated with burst balloons at… — Birthday parties · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the hazard most commonly associated with burst balloons at children's parties. Exam question 4 of lesson 130 «Birthday parties» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · Birthday parties

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Identify the hazard most commonly associated with burst balloons at children's parties.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, associate · **To what, where:** hazard, parties

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 130 «Birthday parties» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/everyday/130-birthday-parties/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:e4:1
# text = Identify the hazard most commonly associated with burst balloons at children's parties.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hazard	hazard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	associated	associate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	burst	burst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	balloons	balloon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the hazard |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent hazard=Theme |
| 2 | **associate** | participle |  | the hazard *not said here* |  | children's parties |  | with burst balloons; commonly *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with balloon=Co-Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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The pieces may set fire to the cake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:e4:o1:1
# text = The pieces may set fire to the cake
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | may | the pieces | fire |  |  |  | to the cake | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient fire=Result |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Young children may choke on the pieces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:e4:o2:1
# text = Young children may choke on the pieces
1	Young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	choke	choke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choke** | may | Young children |  |  | the pieces |  |  | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The noise may damage the walls of the room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:e4:o3:1
# text = The noise may damage the walls of the room
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	damage	damage	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **damage** | may | the noise | the walls of the room |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The rubber may stain the party clothes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:e4:o4:1
# text = The rubber may stain the party clothes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	stain	stain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stain** | may | the rubber | the party clothes |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent clothes=Destination |

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**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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