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description: bet u can't stick this balloon on the ceiling without tape. How could you do it? Test 8 of lesson 26 «Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks» 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 right.
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# Test 8 · Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks

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bet u can't stick this balloon on the ceiling without tape. How could you do it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, u · **What happens:** bet, not stick, do · **To what, where:** balloon, ceiling

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This is test 8 of lesson 26 «Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks» 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/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* bet u can't stick this balloon on the ceiling without tape.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:t8:1
# text = bet u can't stick this balloon on the ceiling without tape.
1	bet	bet	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	stick	stick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	without	without	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	tape	tape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bet** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn risk-94 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **stick** | can | u | this balloon |  | the ceiling |  | without tape | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent balloon=Theme on ceiling=Destination |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* How could you do it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:t8:2
# text = How could you do it?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | could | you | balloon |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Rub it on your hair and hold it up to the ceiling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:t8:o1:1
# text = Rub it on your hair and hold it up to the ceiling
1	Rub	rub	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | your hair |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on hair=Destination |
| 2 | **hold up** | infinitive | you *not said here* | hair |  |  |  | to the ceiling | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Paint it with glitter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:t8:o2:1
# text = Paint it with glitter
1	Paint	paint	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	glitter	glitter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | with glitter | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with glitter=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fill it with water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:t8:o3:1
# text = Fill it with water
1	Fill	fill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | with water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with water=Instrument |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Freeze it first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:t8:o4:1
# text = Freeze it first
1	Freeze	freeze	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | first *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result |

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