Test 8 · ★ · Babies, button batteries and magnets

Why are long cords on blinds tied up high in a home with a toddler?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: be, tie up · To what, where: long cords, blinds, home

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 cords	advmod
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cords	cop
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cords	amod
4	cords	cord	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 blinds	case
6	blinds	blind	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cords	nmod
7	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 blinds	acl
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 tied	compound:prt
9	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 tied	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 home	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 home	det
12	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tied	obl
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 toddler	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 toddler	det
15	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 home	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 cords	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		long cords		blinds			tree rules
2	tie up	participle		blinds not said here		a home with a toddler		high property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

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

Tied cords make the room darker

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cords	amod
2	cords	cord	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	nsubj
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 room	det
5	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
6	darker	dark	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	participle							vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	make	present	Tied cords	the room				dark property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset room=Product

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

Cords can wrap around a small child's neck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cords	cord	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wrap	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 wrap	aux
3	wrap	wrap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	around	around	ADP	_	9 neck	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 child	amod
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 neck	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 child	case
9	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrap	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	can	Cords			a small child's neck			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme around neck=Destination

Option 3

Cords collect too much dust

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cords	cord	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 collect	nsubj
2	collect	collect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 much	advmod
4	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dust	amod
5	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 collect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	present	Cords	much dust					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dust=Theme

Option 4

Toddlers pull the blinds right off the windows and break them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toddlers	toddler	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pull	nsubj
2	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 blinds	det
4	blinds	blind	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pull	obj
5	right	right	ADV	_	8 windows	advmod
6	off	off	ADP	_	8 windows	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 windows	det
8	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pull	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 break	cc
10	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pull	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 break	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	present	Toddlers	the blinds		the windows			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent blind=Theme off window=Initial_Location
2	break	infinitive	Toddlers not said here	blinds = blind					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Patient

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