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title: did u hear at Max's party a toddler swallowed a balloon bit n turned… — Birthday parties · tree and pragmatics
description: did u hear at Max's party a toddler swallowed a balloon bit n turned purple, they say he nearly died!! Test 16 · ★ 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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# Test 16 · ★ · Birthday parties

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did u hear at Max's party a toddler swallowed a balloon bit n turned purple, they say he nearly died!!

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** u, toddler, balloon bit, they · **What happens:** hear, swallow, not turn, say, die · **To what, where:** party, balloon bit · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 16 · ★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t16:1
# text = did u hear at Max's party a toddler swallowed a balloon bit n turned purple, they say he nearly died!!
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	Max	Max	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	toddler	toddler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	n	not	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
21	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u |  |  | Max's party |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **swallow** | past | a toddler | a balloon bit |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **turn** | past | a balloon bit *not said here* |  |  |  |  | purple *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **die** | past | toddler |  |  |  |  | nearly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Keep burst balloon bits from little kids; "nearly died" may be blown up

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t16:o1:1
# text = Keep burst balloon bits from little kids; "nearly died" may be blown up
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	burst	burst	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	ccomp	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | burst balloon bits |  |  |  | from little kids | tree rules |
| 2 | **die** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  | nearly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **blow up** | may · passive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart» |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Toddlers can't choke on rubber

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t16:o2:1
# text = Toddlers can't choke on rubber
1	Toddlers	toddler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	choke	choke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **choke** | can | Toddlers |  |  | rubber |  |  | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only big balloons are a choking risk, the small burst bits are too soft

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t16:o3:1
# text = Only big balloons are a choking risk, the small burst bits are too soft
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	balloons	balloon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	choking	choking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	risk	risk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	burst	burst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	too	too	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | big balloons | a choking risk |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the small burst bits |  |  |  |  | soft *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Balloon bits are safe to chew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t16:o4:1
# text = Balloon bits are safe to chew
1	Balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	chew	chew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Balloon bits |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **chew** | to-infinitive | Balloon bits *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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