Test 19 · ★ · Babies, button batteries and magnets

everyone's saying the toddler next door swallowed a battery cos his mum left the remote out, pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, next door, battery, mum · What happens: say, swallow, co, leave out, pass on · To what, where: toddler, remote · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ 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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 saying	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 toddler	det
5	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saying	obj
6	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 door	amod
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 swallowed	nsubj
8	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 battery	det
10	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cos	nsubj
11	cos	co	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 swallowed	ccomp
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 mum	nmod:poss
13	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 left	nsubj
14	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 cos	ccomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 remote	det
16	remote	remote	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 left	obj
17	out	out	ADP	_	14 left	compound:prt
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 pass	punct
19	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	advcl
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 pass	obj
21	on	on	ADP	_	19 pass	compound:prt
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 saying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone	the toddler	tree rules
2	swallow	past	next door		tree rules
3	co	present	a battery		tree rules
4	leave out	past	battery's mum	the remote	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remote=Theme
5	pass on	infinitive	everyone not said here	remote	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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, as long as you do not name the mum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 long	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 long	advmod
4	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 name	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 name	nsubj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 name	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 name	advmod
9	name	name	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 long	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mum	det
11	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 name	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not name	present · do-support	you	the mum					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, do not spread it; just keep batteries away from little ones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 spread	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 spread	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 spread	advmod
5	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 spread	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 keep	punct
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 keep	advmod
9	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 spread	conj
10	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 keep	obj
11	away	away	ADV	_	9 keep	advmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 ones	case
13	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ones	amod
14	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not spread	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	keep away	infinitive	you not said here	batteries				from little ones; away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer battery=Beneficiary from one=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, the neighbours have a right to know exactly what happened to the toddler

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 neighbours	det
4	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	nsubj
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 right	det
7	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 have	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 know	mark
9	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 right	acl
10	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	11 what	advmod
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 happened	nsubj
12	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 know	ccomp
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 toddler	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 toddler	det
15	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 happened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	the neighbours	a right		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient
2	know	to-infinitive	the neighbours not said here	a right not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	happen	past			to the toddler	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, but only tell it to the grown-ups

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 tell	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 tell	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 tell	advmod
5	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tell	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	11 ups	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ups	det
9	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 ups	amod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 grown	punct
11	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	it	the grown ups				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to up=Recipient
2	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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