Test 17 · ★ · Sharp things, small objects and little ones

omg my aunt said her neighbour's baby swallowed a WHOLE lego man and it came out fine so lego's totally safe. real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: aunt, baby, lego · What happens: say, swallow, come out, be · To what, where: WHOLE lego man, safe real lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 112 «Sharp things, small objects and little ones» of the everyday 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	omg	omg	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 aunt	nmod:poss
3	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 neighbour	nmod:poss
6	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 baby	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 neighbour	case
8	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 swallowed	nsubj
9	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 man	det
11	WHOLE	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 man	amod
12	lego	lego	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 man	compound
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 swallowed	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 came	cc
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 came	nsubj
16	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	conj
17	out	out	ADV	_	16 came	advmod
18	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 came	xcomp
19	so	so	ADV	_	23 safe	advmod
20	lego	lego	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 safe	nsubj
21	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 safe	cop
22	totally	totally	ADV	_	23 safe	advmod
23	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 lesson	amod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	23 safe	punct
25	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 lesson	amod
26	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 came	obl
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	my aunt			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	swallow	past	aunt's neighbour's baby	a WHOLE lego man		vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient
3	come out	past	baby	safe real lesson	fine, out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
4	is	present	lego		safe, totally property	tree rules

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

Option 1

Babies are safe if a grown-up is in the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 safe	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 house	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 up	det
6	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 up	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 up	punct
8	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 house	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 house	cop
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 house	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 house	det
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 safe	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	Babies		safe property	tree rules
2	grow	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is a condition, not said to happen	present	a grown up	the house		tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Lego is safe for babies to play with, because that one came out fine in the end

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lego	Lego	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 safe	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 babies	case
5	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 safe	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 play	mark
7	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 babies	acl
8	with	with	ADP	_	7 play	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 came	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 came	mark
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 one	det
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 came	nsubj
13	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 fine	advcl
14	out	out	ADV	_	13 came	advmod
15	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 safe	conj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 end	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 end	det
18	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fine	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Lego		for babies; safe property	tree rules
2	play	to-infinitive	Lego not said here			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	come out	past	that one		out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
4	be		Lego not said here	in the end		tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Small toys can choke under-threes, so keep them out of reach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 toys	amod
2	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 choke	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 choke	aux
4	choke	choke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 threes	case
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 under	punct
7	threes	three	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 choke	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 keep	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 keep	advmod
10	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 choke	parataxis
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 keep	obj
12	out	out	ADP	_	14 reach	case
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 reach	case
14	reach	reach	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choke	can	Small toys			threes			vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	keep	infinitive		toys = toy		reach			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme out reach=Location

Option 4

Only sharp things are a danger to a baby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	6 danger	advmod
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 things	amod
3	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 danger	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 danger	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 danger	det
6	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 baby	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 baby	det
9	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 danger	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	sharp things	a danger				to a baby	tree rules

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