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title: apparently a kid dropped a water balloon off the 10th floor balcony… — Balconies, blades, batteries and stran… · tree and pragmatics
description: apparently a kid dropped a water balloon off the 10th floor balcony and it knocked a man out cold. should u try it from the 2nd floor? Test 18 · ★ of lesson 218 «Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 18 · ★ · Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles

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apparently a kid dropped a water balloon off the 10th floor balcony and it knocked a man out cold. should u try it from the 2nd floor?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kid, u · **What happens:** drop, knock out, try · **To what, where:** water balloon, 10th floor balcony, cold, man, 2nd floor

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This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 218 «Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles» 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/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles:t18:1
# text = apparently a kid dropped a water balloon off the 10th floor balcony and it knocked a man out cold. should u try it from the 2nd floor?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	10th	10th	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	12	amod	_	_
11	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	balcony	balcony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	knocked	knock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	out	out	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
19	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
21	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
22	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
24	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obj	_	_
25	from	from	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	2nd	2nd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	28	amod	_	_
28	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | a kid | a water balloon |  | the 10th floor balcony |  | apparently *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent balloon=Theme off balcony=Destination |
| 2 | **knock out** | past | kid | cold | a man |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent man=Destination cold=Theme |
| 3 | **try** | should | u | cold |  | the 2nd floor |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, water balloons are soft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles:t18:o1:1
# text = Yes, water balloons are soft
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	balloons	balloon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | water balloons |  |  |  |  | soft *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, never drop anything from a balcony

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles:t18:o2:1
# text = No, never drop anything from a balcony
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	drop	drop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	balcony	balcony	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** **drop** | imperative | you *not said here* | anything |  | a balcony |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent anything=Theme from balcony=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if you shout a warning first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles:t18:o3:1
# text = Yes, if you shout a warning first
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	shout	shout	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | you | a warning |  |  |  | first *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, the 2nd floor is low enough to be totally safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles:t18:o4:1
# text = Yes, the 2nd floor is low enough to be totally safe
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	2nd	2nd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
11	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the 2nd floor |  |  |  |  | enough, low *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | the 2nd floor *not said here* |  |  |  |  | safe, totally *property* | tree rules |

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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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