Test 17 · ★★ · Learning a skill, and coins and notes

did u hear a toddler swallowed a coin and it got stuck and he couldn't breathe? real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, toddler, he · What happens: hear, swallow, get, not breathe · To what, where: coin, real lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★★ of lesson 260 «Learning a skill, and coins and notes» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 toddler	det
5	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swallowed	nsubj
6	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 coin	det
8	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swallowed	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 got	cc
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 got	nsubj
11	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 swallowed	conj
12	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 got	xcomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 breathe	cc
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 breathe	nsubj
15	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 breathe	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 breathe	advmod
17	breathe	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hear	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 breathe	punct
19	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 lesson	amod
20	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 breathe	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	swallow	past	a toddler	a coin		vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Patient
3	get	past	toddler		stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	not breathe	could	he	real lesson		vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=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

Coins always pass through safely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pass	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 pass	advmod
3	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	through	through	ADP	_	3 pass	compound:prt
5	safely	safely	ADV	_	3 pass	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass through	present	Coins					always, safely property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Toddlers can swallow small coins safely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toddlers	toddler	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 swallow	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 swallow	aux
3	swallow	swallow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 coins	amod
5	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 swallow	obj
6	safely	safely	ADV	_	3 swallow	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swallow	can	Toddlers	small coins				safely property	vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Keep coins away from small children; they choke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keep	obj
3	away	away	ADV	_	1 Keep	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 children	case
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 children	amod
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keep	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 choke	punct
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 choke	nsubj
9	choke	choke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep away	imperative	you not said here	coins				from small children; away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer coin=Beneficiary from child=Eventuality
2	choke	present	coins = coin						vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Only big coins are dangerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 coins	advmod
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 coins	amod
3	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dangerous	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dangerous	cop
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	big coins					dangerous property	tree rules

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