Test 10 · ★★ · Toys and Lego

In a film a toddler pulls the button eyes off a teddy. Why don't real baby toys allow this?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: toddler, real baby toys · What happens: pull, not allow · To what, where: button eyes, film, this

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Toys and Lego» of the technology 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: In a film a toddler pulls the button eyes off a teddy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 film	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 film	det
3	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pulls	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 toddler	det
5	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pulls	nsubj
6	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 eyes	det
8	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 eyes	compound
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pulls	obj
10	off	off	ADP	_	12 teddy	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 teddy	det
12	teddy	teddy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pulls	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 pulls	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	present	a toddler	the button eyes		a film		off a teddy	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent eye=Theme off teddy=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 don't real baby toys allow this?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 allow	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 allow	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 allow	advmod
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 toys	amod
5	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 toys	compound
6	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 allow	nsubj
7	allow	allow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 allow	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 allow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · do-support	real baby toys	this					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Beneficiary

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Their eyes are locked on from inside, so they can't come off and be swallowed

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 eyes	nmod:poss
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 locked	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 locked	aux:pass
4	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	4 locked	compound:prt
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 inside	case
7	inside	inside	ADV	_	4 locked	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 come	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 come	advmod
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 come	nsubj
11	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 come	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 come	advmod
13	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 locked	parataxis
14	off	off	ADP	_	13 come	compound:prt
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 swallowed	cc
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 swallowed	aux:pass
17	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 come	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	lock on	present · passive		Their eyes	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	not come off	can	eyes = eye		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
3	swallow	infinitive · passive	eyes = eye not said here		vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»

Option 2

Button eyes are too expensive

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 eyes	compound
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 expensive	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 expensive	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 expensive	advmod
5	expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Button eyes					expensive property	tree rules

Option 3

Real teddies have no eyes at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 teddies	amod
2	teddies	teddy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 eyes	det
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 have	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Real teddies	no eyes		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

Option 4

Babies are scared of eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scared	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 eyes	case
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Babies					of eyes; scared property	tree rules

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