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title: «balloon popped, me little bro's chewing a bit, aww» What should you… — Toys and Lego · tree and pragmatics
description: «balloon popped, me little bro's chewing a bit, aww» What should you do? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Toys and Lego» 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 wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Toys and Lego

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«balloon popped, me little bro's chewing a bit, aww» What should you do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** balloon, little bro, you · **What happens:** pop, chew, do · **To what, where:** me, bit

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Toys and Lego» 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/7-toys-and-lego/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:7-toys-and-lego:t3:1
# text = «balloon popped, me little bro's chewing a bit, aww» What should you do?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	popped	pop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	chewing	chew	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	aww	aww	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	obj	_	_
16	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pop** *in a quote* | past | balloon | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chew** *in a quote* | gerund | little bro *not said here* | a bit |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **do** | should | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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Leave him to it, balloon rubber is soft and perfectly safe to chew on

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:7-toys-and-lego:t3:o1:1
# text = Leave him to it, balloon rubber is soft and perfectly safe to chew on
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	chew	chew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | it |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Theme to it=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | balloon rubber |  |  |  |  | soft *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | balloon rubber *not said here* |  |  |  |  | perfectly *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **chew on** | to-infinitive | balloon rubber *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Let him try to blow the bit up again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:7-toys-and-lego:t3:o2:1
# text = Let him try to blow the bit up again
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	blow	blow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **try** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **blow up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | the bit |  |  | again |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bit=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Give him a whole new balloon instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:7-toys-and-lego:t3:o3:1
# text = Give him a whole new balloon instead
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | a whole new balloon | him *= he* |  |  | instead *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient balloon=Theme |

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

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Take it away and tell an adult; balloon bits can choke little ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:7-toys-and-lego:t3:o4:1
# text = Take it away and tell an adult; balloon bits can choke little ones
1	Take	take	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	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
9	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	choke	choke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
13	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take away** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 3 | **choke** | can | balloon bits | little ones |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Destination |

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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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