Test 18 · ★ · Safe toys and fair board games
did u hear a baby swallowed one of her big brother's lego bits and "went blue". lesson?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, baby · What happens: hear, swallow, go · To what, where: lesson, one · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 302 «Safe toys and fair board games» 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 baby | det |
| 5 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 swallowed | nsubj |
| 6 | swallowed | swallow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hear | ccomp |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 swallowed | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 bits | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 brother | nmod:poss |
| 10 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 brother | amod |
| 11 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bits | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 brother | case |
| 13 | lego | lego | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bits | compound |
| 14 | bits | bit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 one | nmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 went | cc |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 went | punct |
| 17 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 swallowed | conj |
| 18 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 went | xcomp |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 went | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hear | punct |
| 21 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hear | obl:unmarked |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 hear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past · do-support | u | lesson | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | swallow | past | a baby | one of baby's big brother's lego bits | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | ||||
| 3 | go in a quote | past | a baby not said here | blue property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: 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.
The options
Option 1
Only small babies choke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 babies | advmod |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 babies | amod |
| 3 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 choke | nsubj |
| 4 | choke | choke | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choke | present | small babies | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Keep small parts away from babies and toddlers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 parts | amod |
| 3 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Keep | obj |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Keep | advmod |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 babies | case |
| 6 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Keep | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 toddlers | cc |
| 8 | toddlers | toddler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 babies | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep away | imperative | you not said here | small parts | babies and toddlers | away property | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer part=Beneficiary from baby=Eventuality |
Option 3
Big kids' toys are always fine for babies too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 kids | amod |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 toys | nmod:poss |
| 3 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 2 kids | case |
| 4 | toys | toy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 fine | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fine | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 fine | advmod |
| 7 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 babies | case |
| 9 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 fine | obl |
| 10 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 fine | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Big kids's toys | for babies; always, fine property | tree rules |
Option 4
Lego is safe for babies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lego | Lego | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 safe | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 safe | cop |
| 3 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 babies | case |
| 5 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 safe | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Lego | for babies; safe property | tree rules |
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