--- title: balloon popped, baby picking up the bits — Safe toys and fair board games · tree and pragmatics description: balloon popped, baby picking up the bits Test 16 · ★ of lesson 302 «Safe toys and fair board games» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/302-toys-and-board-games/t16/) [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/) / [Safe toys and fair board games](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/302-toys-and-board-games/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★ · Safe toys and fair board games balloon popped, baby picking up the bits **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** balloon, baby · **What happens:** pop, pick up · **To what, where:** baby, bits This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 302 «Safe toys and fair board games» 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/302-toys-and-board-games/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:302-toys-and-board-games:t16:1 # text = balloon popped, baby picking up the bits 1 balloon balloon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 popped pop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 picking pick VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pop** | past | balloon | baby | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient | | 2 | **pick up** | gerund | baby *not said here* | the bits | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Topic | 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} Leave them, they're soft ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:302-toys-and-board-games:t16:o1:1 # text = Leave them, they're soft 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 , _ 1 punct _ _ 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 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | 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** | present | they | | | | | soft *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only the big pieces are dangerous ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:302-toys-and-board-games:t16:o2:1 # text = Only the big pieces are dangerous 1 Only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the big pieces | | | | | dangerous *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Take them away; balloon pieces can choke ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:302-toys-and-board-games:t16:o3:1 # text = Take them away; balloon pieces can choke 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 balloon balloon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 choke choke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take away** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **choke** | can | balloon pieces | | | | | | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Let her chew one ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:302-toys-and-board-games:t16:o4:1 # text = Let her chew one 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 chew chew VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **chew** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | one | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=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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