---
title: ★★★ «hot-air balloon floats coz it's full of helium» What is right? — Olympiad: transport, building and ener… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ «hot-air balloon floats coz it's full of helium» What is right? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «Olympiad: transport, building and energy ★★★» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy/t10/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [Olympiad: transport, building and ener…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy/) / t10

# Test 10 · ★★★ · Olympiad: transport, building and energy ★★★

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
★★★ «hot-air balloon floats coz it's full of helium» What is right?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★ air balloon, balloon · **What happens:** float, be

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «Olympiad: transport, building and energy ★★★» of the technology 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/technology/43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:t10:1
# text = ★★★ «hot-air balloon floats coz it's full of helium» What is right?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	floats	float	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	coz	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	advcl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	helium	helium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** *in a quote* | present | ★ air balloon |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | balloon |  |  |  |  | of helium; full *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, a burner heats the air inside, and hot air is lighter than cold

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:t10:o1:1
# text = No, a burner heats the air inside, and hot air is lighter than cold
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	burner	burner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	heats	heat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	lighter	light	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	advcl	_	_
15	than	than	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat** | present | a burner | the air |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent air=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | hot air |  |  |  |  | than cold; light *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it is just like a party balloon, only a lot bigger and filled from tanks

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:t10:o2:1
# text = Yes, it is just like a party balloon, only a lot bigger and filled from tanks
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	conj	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	tanks	tank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | like a party balloon | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  | a lot |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fill** | participle |  |  |  | tanks |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it is pulled up by a hidden rope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:t10:o3:1
# text = No, it is pulled up by a hidden rope
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull up** | present · passive | a hidden rope | it |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, its basket is lighter than air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:t10:o4:1
# text = No, its basket is lighter than air
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	lighter	light	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | its basket |  |  |  |  | than air; light *property* | tree rules |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Olympiad: transport, building and ener…, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy/t9/)
- next →: [Olympiad: transport, building and ener…, test 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy/t11/)
- ↑ back to [Olympiad: transport, building and energy ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy/)