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title: for nan's party can we let the balloons go?? — Litter and caring for nature · tree and pragmatics
description: for nan's party can we let the balloons go?? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 239 «Litter and caring for nature» 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 11 · ★ · Litter and caring for nature

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for nan's party can we let the balloons go??

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we, balloons · **What happens:** let, go

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 239 «Litter and caring for nature» 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/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t11:1
# text = for nan's party can we let the balloons go??
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	balloons	balloon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | can | we |  |  |  |  | for nan's party | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | present | the balloons |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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No, balloons come down as litter that hurts animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t11:o1:1
# text = No, balloons come down as litter that hurts animals
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	balloons	balloon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	litter	litter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come down** | present | balloons |  |  |  |  | as litter; down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hurt** | present | litter | animals |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer animal=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, they just float away up to space

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, they just float away up to space
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	float	float	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float away** | present | they |  |  | space |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up space=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, if they're colourful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t11:o3:1
# text = Yes, if they're colourful
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	colourful	colourful	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 | they |  |  |  |  | colourful *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only helium balloons, cos they go higher n never come down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t11:o4:1
# text = Only helium balloons, cos they go higher n never come down
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	helium	helium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	balloons	balloon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	xcomp	_	_
9	n	not	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	down	down	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | helium balloons |  |  |  |  | high *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **come down** | infinitive | helium balloons *not said here* |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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