Test 17 · ★ · Babies, button batteries and magnets

my cousin said a kid swallowed a remote battery but "it's fine, they just poop it out". true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, kid, they · What happens: say, swallow, be, poop out · To what, where: remote battery · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 113 «Babies, button batteries and magnets» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swallowed	nsubj
6	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 battery	det
8	remote	remote	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 battery	amod
9	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swallowed	obj
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	23 true	cc
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 fine	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fine	expl
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 fine	cop
14	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 true	csubj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 poop	punct
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 poop	nsubj
17	just	just	ADV	_	18 poop	advmod
18	poop	poop	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fine	parataxis
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 poop	nsubj
20	out	out	ADP	_	18 poop	compound:prt
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 poop	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 fine	punct
23	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 swallowed	conj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	my cousin			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	swallow	past	a kid	a remote battery		vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Patient
3	is in a quote	present			fine property	tree rules
4	poop out in a quote		they			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

Yes, unless the battery was a brand-new one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	11 one	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	5 battery	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 battery	det
5	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 one	obl
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 one	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 one	det
8	brand	brand	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 new	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 brand	punct
10	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 one	amod
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		a new one				unless the battery	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it can burn the throat in hours, go to hospital now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 burn	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 burn	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 burn	aux
5	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 throat	det
7	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 burn	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 hours	case
9	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 burn	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 go	punct
11	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 burn	parataxis
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 hospital	case
13	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 go	obl
14	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	can	it	the throat			hour		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent throat=Theme
2	go	infinitive				hospital	now		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to hospital=Initial_Location

Option 3

Yes, a glass of milk makes it pass safely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 makes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 glass	det
4	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 makes	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 milk	case
6	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 glass	nmod
7	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 makes	obj
9	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 makes	xcomp
10	safely	safely	ADV	_	9 pass	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	a glass of milk	milk					tree rules
2	pass	infinitive	milk not said here					safely property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, just wait for it to come out the other end in a day or two

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 wait	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 wait	advmod
4	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 come	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 come	nsubj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 come	mark
8	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wait	advcl
9	out	out	ADV	_	8 come	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 end	det
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 end	amod
12	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 come	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 day	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 day	det
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 come	obl
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 two	cc
17	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 day	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come out	to-infinitive	it	the other end			day	out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

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