--- title: party's over, balloon bits on the floor and lil kids around — Birthday parties · tree and pragmatics description: party's over, balloon bits on the floor and lil kids around Test 13 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/130-birthday-parties/t13/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Birthday parties](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/130-birthday-parties/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Birthday parties party's over, balloon bits on the floor and lil kids around **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** party · **What happens:** be This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 130 «Birthday parties» of the everyday 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/everyday/130-birthday-parties/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t13:1 # text = party's over, balloon bits on the floor and lil kids around 1 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 over over ADV RB _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 balloon balloon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 lil little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 13 around around ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | party | | | | | balloon bits on the floor and lil kids *obl*; around, over *property* | tree rules | 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} Give them to the toddlers ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t13:o1:1 # text = Give them to the toddlers 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 toddlers toddler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | | them *= they* | | | to the toddlers | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to toddler=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Blow them up again ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t13:o2:1 # text = Blow them up again 1 Blow blow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 again again ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow up** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | again | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Pick them up and bin them, kids can choke ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t13:o3:1 # text = Pick them up and bin them, kids can choke 1 Pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 bin bin VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 choke choke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick up** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 2 | **bin** | infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **choke** | can | kids | | | | | | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Leave them, they're just bits of rubber and can't hurt anyone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t13:o4:1 # text = Leave them, they're just bits of rubber and can't hurt anyone 1 Leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 rubber rubber NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 hurt hurt VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 14 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | they | bits | | | | of rubber | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **hurt** | can | you *not said here* | anyone | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Patient | **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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