--- title: my mate swallowed two of those little magnet balls lol — Babies, button batteries and magnets · tree and pragmatics description: my mate swallowed two of those little magnet balls lol Test 15 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/113-babies-batteries-and-magnets/t15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Babies, button batteries and magnets](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/113-babies-batteries-and-magnets/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★ · Babies, button batteries and magnets my mate swallowed two of those little magnet balls lol **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate · **What happens:** swallow · **To what, where:** two This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 113 «Babies, button batteries and magnets» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/113-babies-batteries-and-magnets/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:t15:1 # text = my mate swallowed two of those little magnet balls lol 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 swallowed swallow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 7 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 magnet magnet NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 balls ball NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 10 lol lol INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swallow** | past | my mate | two of that little magnet balls | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Patient | 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 {#o1} Give him more to push them ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:t15:o1:1 # text = Give him more to push them 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 push push VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | more | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient more=Theme | | 2 | **push** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It's fine, they always come out the other end ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:t15:o2:1 # text = It's fine, they always come out the other end 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 out out ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **come out** | present | they | the other end | | | | always, out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Tell an adult now, they can hurt his gut ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:t15:o3:1 # text = Tell an adult now, they can hurt his gut 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 gut gut NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | a adult | | now | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | | 2 | **hurt** | can | they | adult's gut | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gut=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Tell him to lie down and rest ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:t15:o4:1 # text = Tell him to lie down and rest 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 down down ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **lie down** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **rest** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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