Test 3 · ★ · Safe toys and fair board games

A boy in Alaska ties a long cord to his baby brother's toy so he can pull it out of the cot. Why is this a bad idea?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, this · What happens: tie, pull, be · To what, where: long cord, cord, cot, bad idea

This is test 3 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A boy in Alaska ties a long cord to his baby brother's toy so he can pull it out of the cot.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ties	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Alaska	case
4	Alaska	Alaska	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	ties	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cord	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cord	amod
8	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ties	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	14 toy	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 brother	nmod:poss
11	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 brother	compound
12	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 toy	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 brother	case
14	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ties	obl
15	so	so	SCONJ	_	18 pull	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 pull	nsubj
17	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 pull	aux
18	pull	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 ties	advcl
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 pull	obj
20	out	out	ADP	_	23 cot	case
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 cot	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 cot	det
23	cot	cot	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 pull	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 ties	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	present	a boy in Alaska	a long cord				to boy's baby brother's toy	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent cord=Patient to toy=Co-Patient
2	pull	can	boy	cord		the cot			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme out cot=Initial_Location

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.

Sentence 2: Why is this a bad idea?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 idea	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 idea	cop
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 idea	nsubj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 idea	det
5	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 idea	amod
6	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 idea	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	this	a bad idea					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The baby might pull the toy far too hard and hurt his arm with it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pull	nsubj
3	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 pull	aux
4	pull	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 toy	det
6	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pull	obj
7	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 hard	advmod
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 hard	advmod
9	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 pull	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 hurt	cc
11	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pull	conj
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 arm	nmod:poss
13	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hurt	obj
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hurt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	might	the baby	the toy				hard property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme
2	hurt	past	the baby not said here	baby's arm				with arm	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arm=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The baby could get the cord around his neck and be strangled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cord	det
6	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obj
7	around	around	ADP	_	9 neck	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 neck	nmod:poss
9	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 strangled	cc
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 strangled	aux:pass
12	strangled	strangle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 get	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	could	the baby	the cord		baby's neck			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cord=Stimulus
2	strangle	infinitive · passive	the baby not said here						vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»

Option 3

The cord will make the toy dirty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cord	det
2	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 make	aux
4	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 toy	det
6	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	obj
7	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	future	the cord	the toy				dirty property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset toy=Product

Option 4

The toy will get lost under the cot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 toy	det
2	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	nsubj:pass
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 lost	aux
4	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 lost	aux:pass
5	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 cot	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cot	det
8	cot	cot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	future · passive		the toy		the cot			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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