Test 19 · ★ · Safe toys and fair board games

my mate says a toy got recalled cos it "exploded in a kid's hand". what's the bit to trust

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate · What happens: say, recall, explode, be, trust · To what, where: toy, hand, bit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ 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	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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 toy	det
5	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 recalled	nsubj:pass
6	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 recalled	aux:pass
7	recalled	recall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 says	ccomp
8	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 recalled	obl
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 exploded	punct
11	exploded	explode	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 recalled	parataxis
12	in	in	ADP	_	16 hand	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 kid	det
14	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hand	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 kid	case
16	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 exploded	obl
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 exploded	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
19	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 bit	nsubj
20	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 bit	cop
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 bit	det
22	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
23	to	to	PART	_	24 trust	mark
24	trust	trust	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 bit	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	recall	past · passive		a toy		cos mate	tree rules
3	explode in a quote	past			a kid's hand		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hand=Location
4	is a	present		the bit			tree rules
5	trust	to-infinitive	my mate not said here				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

A recalled toy is dangerous; stop using it and tell a parent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 toy	det
2	recalled	recall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 toy	amod
3	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dangerous	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dangerous	cop
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 stop	punct
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 dangerous	parataxis
8	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 stop	xcomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 using	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 tell	cc
11	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 stop	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 parent	det
13	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	recall	participle					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	a recalled toy			dangerous property	tree rules
3	stop	infinitive					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	use	gerund		toy			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
5	tell speech: assert	infinitive			a parent		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient

Option 2

Recalls are just for old toys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Recalls	recall	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 toys	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 toys	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	6 toys	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 toys	case
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 toys	amod
6	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Recalls					for old toys	tree rules

Option 3

Recalled toys are fine to keep using if they look okay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Recalled	recall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 toys	amod
2	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fine	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	cop
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 keep	mark
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fine	csubj
7	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 keep	xcomp
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 look	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 look	nsubj
10	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 keep	advcl
11	okay	okay	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 look	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	recall	participle			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Recalled toys	fine property	tree rules
3	keep	to-infinitive			tree rules
4	use	gerund			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	look a condition, not said to happen	present	toys = toy	okay property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Every recalled toy explodes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 toy	det
2	recalled	recall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 toy	amod
3	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 explodes	nsubj
4	explodes	explode	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recall	participle							vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	explode	present	every recalled toy						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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