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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hazard occasioned by the ingestion of two small strong magnets? Exam question 2 of lesson 113 «Babies, button batteries and magnets» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Exam question 2 · Babies, button batteries and magnets

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hazard occasioned by the ingestion of two small strong magnets?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, occasion, ingest · **To what, where:** hazard, two small strong magnets

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 113 «Babies, button batteries and magnets» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/113-babies-batteries-and-magnets/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hazard occasioned by the ingestion of two small strong magnets?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hazard	hazard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	occasioned	occasion	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	ingestion	ingestion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
17	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	magnets	magnet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the hazard |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **occasion** | participle |  | the hazard *not said here* |  |  |  | by the ingestion of two small strong magnets | tree rules |
| 4 | **ingest** |  |  | two small strong magnets |  |  |  |  | nom ingestion «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They are dangerous solely if they are rusty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:e2:o1:1
# text = They are dangerous solely if they are rusty
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	rusty	rusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | they |  |  |  |  | rusty, solely *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They may attract through the gut walls and tear them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:e2:o2:1
# text = They may attract through the gut walls and tear them
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	attract	attract	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	gut	gut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	tear	tear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attract** | may | They |  |  | the gut walls |  |  | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tear** | infinitive | They *not said here* | walls *= wall* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They may interfere with the electricity of the stomach and stop it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:e2:o3:1
# text = They may interfere with the electricity of the stomach and stop it
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	interfere	interfere	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **interfere** | may | They |  |  |  |  | with the electricity of the stomach | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | present | They *not said here* | stomach |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |
| 3 | **electrify** |  |  | the stomach |  |  |  |  | nom electricity «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are wholly harmless and pass out unaltered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:e2:o4:1
# text = They are wholly harmless and pass out unaltered
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	pass	pass	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	unaltered	unaltered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | harmless, wholly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pass out** | present | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unaltered *property* | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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