Test 19 · ★ · Safe toys for you and little ones
my mate says his baby sister swallowed a Lego brick and it came out fine so small parts are no big deal. right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, baby sister, brick, small parts · What happens: say, swallow, come out, be · To what, where: Lego brick, big deal · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 241 «Safe toys for you 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 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 sister | nmod:poss |
| 5 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sister | compound |
| 6 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 swallowed | nsubj |
| 7 | swallowed | swallow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 brick | det |
| 9 | Lego | Lego | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 brick | compound |
| 10 | brick | brick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 swallowed | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 came | cc |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 came | nsubj |
| 13 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 swallowed | conj |
| 14 | out | out | ADV | _ | 13 came | advmod |
| 15 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 came | xcomp |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 22 deal | advmod |
| 17 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 parts | amod |
| 18 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 deal | nsubj |
| 19 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 deal | cop |
| 20 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 22 deal | det |
| 21 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 deal | amod |
| 22 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 came | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 24 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 3 says | discourse |
| 25 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | my mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | swallow | past | mate's baby sister | a Lego brick | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brick=Patient | ||||
| 3 | come out | past | brick | fine, out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | is a | present | small parts | no big deal | 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, babies can swallow anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 swallow | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 swallow | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 swallow | aux |
| 5 | swallow | swallow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 swallow | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swallow | can | babies | anything | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, small parts can choke babies and toddlers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 choke | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 choke | punct |
| 3 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 parts | amod |
| 4 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 choke | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 choke | aux |
| 6 | choke | choke | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 choke | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 toddlers | cc |
| 9 | toddlers | toddler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 babies | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choke | can | small parts | babies and toddlers | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme baby=Destination |
Option 3
Yes, Lego is made for babies to chew on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 made | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | Lego | Lego | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 made | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 made | aux:pass |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 babies | case |
| 7 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 made | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 chew | mark |
| 9 | chew | chew | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 made | advcl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 chew | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | Lego | for babies | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for baby=Asset | ||||
| 2 | chew on | to-infinitive | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, if they're made of plastic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 made | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 made | mark |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 made | nsubj |
| 5 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 made | aux:pass |
| 6 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 plastic | case |
| 8 | plastic | plastic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | they | of plastic | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
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