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title: A balloon is blown up and let go, and it shoots across the room. How… — Rockets, satellites and astronauts · tree and pragmatics
description: A balloon is blown up and let go, and it shoots across the room. How is this like a rocket? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 71 «Rockets, satellites and astronauts» of the world 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 1 · ★★ · Rockets, satellites and astronauts

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A balloon is blown up and let go, and it shoots across the room. How is this like a rocket?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** balloon, this · **What happens:** blow up, let, go, shoot, be · **To what, where:** balloon, room

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 71 «Rockets, satellites and astronauts» of the world 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/world/71-rockets-satellites-astronauts/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A balloon is blown up and let go, and it shoots across the room.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:71-rockets-satellites-astronauts:t1:1
# text = A balloon is blown up and let go, and it shoots across the room.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	shoots	shoot	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	across	across	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow up** | present · passive |  | a balloon |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **shoot** | present | balloon |  |  | the room |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 is this like a rocket?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:71-rockets-satellites-astronauts:t1:2
# text = How is this like a rocket?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	1	nsubj	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rocket	rocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this |  |  |  |  | how *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Both burn fuel to fly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:71-rockets-satellites-astronauts:t1:o1:1
# text = Both burn fuel to fly
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	burn	burn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fuel	fuel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | present | Both | fuel |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fuel=Theme |
| 2 | **fly** | to-infinitive | Both *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Both are pulled along by the wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:71-rockets-satellites-astronauts:t1:o2:1
# text = Both are pulled along by the wind
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	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	along	along	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | present · passive | the wind | Both |  |  |  | along *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Both are pushed forward by gas rushing out of the back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:71-rockets-satellites-astronauts:t1:o3:1
# text = Both are pushed forward by gas rushing out of the back
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	pushed	push	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	rushing	rush	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push forward** | present · passive | gas | Both |  |  |  | forward *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **rush out** | gerund | gas *not said here* | the back |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme back=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Both are lifted because they are lighter than the air around them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:71-rockets-satellites-astronauts:t1:o4:1
# text = Both are lifted because they are lighter than the air around them
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	lifted	lift	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	lighter	light	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	around	around	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | present · passive |  | Both |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | than the air around them; light *property* | tree rules |

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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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