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title: Why is a balloon pop like a tiny firecracker bang? — Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is a balloon pop like a tiny firecracker bang? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 19 «Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears» of the physics 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 5 · ★ · Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears

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Why is a balloon pop like a tiny firecracker bang?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** balloon pop

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 19 «Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears» of the physics 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/physics/19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t5:1
# text = Why is a balloon pop like a tiny firecracker bang?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	pop	pop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	firecracker	firecracker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bang	bang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a balloon pop |  |  |  | like a tiny firecracker bang | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Both are made of the same powder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t5:o1:1
# text = Both are made of the same powder
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Both |  |  |  | of the same powder | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Both are lit with a match

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t5:o2:1
# text = Both are lit with a match
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	lit	lit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lit** | present · passive |  | Both |  |  |  | with a match | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Both bang because of the light they make

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t5:o3:1
# text = Both bang because of the light they make
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bang	bang	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	6	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bang** | present | Both |  |  |  |  | because the light | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present | they | the light *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset light=Product |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Both are squashed gas escaping all at once in one sharp wave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t5:o4:1
# text = Both are squashed gas escaping all at once in one sharp wave
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	squashed	squash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	escaping	escape	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
11	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squash** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Both | squashed gas |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **escape** | gerund | squashed gas *not said here* |  |  | one sharp wave |  | once *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «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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