Test 2 · ★ · Babies, button batteries and magnets

A girl in Brisbane thinks her baby brother put a button battery in his mouth, but he seems fine. What should happen?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, baby brother, brother · What happens: think, put, seem, happen · To what, where: button battery, mouth · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A girl in Brisbane thinks her baby brother put a button battery in his mouth, but he seems fine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thinks	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Brisbane	case
4	Brisbane	Brisbane	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 girl	nmod
5	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 brother	nmod:poss
7	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brother	compound
8	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 put	nsubj
9	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 thinks	ccomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 battery	det
11	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 battery	compound
12	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 put	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 mouth	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 mouth	nmod:poss
15	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 put	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 seems	punct
17	but	but	CCONJ	_	19 seems	cc
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 seems	nsubj
19	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thinks	conj
20	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 seems	xcomp
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 thinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	a girl in Brisbane				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	put	past	girl's baby brother	a button battery	brother's mouth		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent battery=Theme in mouth=Destination
3	seem	present	brother			fine property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=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.

Sentence 2: What should happen?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	should							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

He goes to hospital straight away, because the burn starts before you can see it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 hospital	case
4	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	obl
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 away	advmod
6	away	away	ADV	_	2 goes	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 starts	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 starts	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 burn	det
10	burn	burn	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 starts	nsubj
11	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 goes	conj
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	15 see	mark
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 see	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 see	aux
15	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 starts	xcomp
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	present	He		hospital	away property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to hospital=Initial_Location
2	start	present	the burn				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	see	can	you	burn			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

Wait until he shows that he is ill, because most swallowed things come out on their own

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	4 shows	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shows	nsubj
4	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 ill	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ill	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 ill	cop
8	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 shows	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 come	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 come	mark
11	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 things	amod
12	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 things	amod
13	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 come	nsubj
14	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
15	out	out	ADV	_	14 come	advmod
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 own	case
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 own	nmod:poss
18	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	show	present	he			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	he		ill property	tree rules
4	swallow	participle				vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	come out	present	most swallowed things	things's own	out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Give him a big glass of water and forget about it, as it washes the battery down

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 glass	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 glass	amod
5	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 water	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 glass	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 forget	cc
9	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Give	conj
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 forget	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 washes	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 washes	mark
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 washes	nsubj
15	washes	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Give	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 battery	det
17	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 washes	obj
18	down	down	ADP	_	15 washes	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	a big glass of water	him = he		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient glass=Theme
2	forget	infinitive	you not said here			about water	tree rules
3	wash down	present	glass	the battery			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Patient

Option 4

Look in his mouth tomorrow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 mouth	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mouth	nmod:poss
4	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Look	obl
5	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Look	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	imperative	you not said here				tomorrow	in his mouth	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in mouth=Theme

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