Test 17 · ★ · Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home

did u hear a toddler found his nan's pills in her handbag and "ate the whole lot cos he thought they were sweets". lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, toddler, pills · What happens: hear, find, eat, think, be · To what, where: lesson, pills, handbag, whole lot, sweets · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 295 «Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home» 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 found	nsubj
6	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 nan	nmod:poss
8	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pills	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 nan	case
10	pills	pill	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 found	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 handbag	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 handbag	nmod:poss
13	handbag	handbag	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 found	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 ate	cc
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 ate	punct
16	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 found	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 lot	det
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 lot	amod
19	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ate	obj
20	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	22 thought	mark
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 thought	nsubj
22	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 ate	advcl
23	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 sweets	nsubj
24	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 sweets	cop
25	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 thought	ccomp
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 sweets	punct
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
28	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl:unmarked
29	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	lesson		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	find	past	a toddler	toddler's nan's pills	her handbag	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pill=Topic
3	eat in a quote	past	a toddler not said here	the whole lot		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient
4	think speech: other in a quote	past	toddler			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is a in a quote	past	pills = pill	sweets		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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Keep medicines out of reach and never call them sweets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	medicines	medicine	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keep	obj
3	out	out	ADP	_	5 reach	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 reach	case
5	reach	reach	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 call	cc
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 call	advmod
8	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 call	obj
10	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 call	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	medicines		reach			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme out reach=Location
2	not call	infinitive	you not said here	medicines = medicine					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme sweet=Result

Option 2

Only nan's pills are dangerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 nan	advmod
2	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pills	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 nan	case
4	pills	pill	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dangerous	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dangerous	cop
6	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	nan's pills					dangerous property	tree rules

Option 3

Toddlers always know pills aren't sweets, so it was a trick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toddlers	toddler	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 know	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 know	advmod
3	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	pills	pill	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sweets	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sweets	cop
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 sweets	advmod
7	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 know	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 trick	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 trick	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 trick	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 trick	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 trick	det
13	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 know	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	know	present	Toddlers		always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	not is a	present	pills	sweets		tree rules
3	is a	past	it	a trick		tree rules

Option 4

Pills are fine if they're small

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pills	pill	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fine	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 small	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 small	nsubj
6	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 small	cop
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fine	csubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Pills					fine property	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	Pills = pill					small property	tree rules

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