--- title: Why is one swallowed magnet worrying but two magnets much worse? — Babies, button batteries and magnets · tree and pragmatics description: Why is one swallowed magnet worrying but two magnets much worse? Test 3 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Babies, button batteries and magnets Why is one swallowed magnet worrying but two magnets much worse? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one swallowed magnet, two magnets · **What happens:** swallow, be This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:t3:1 # text = Why is one swallowed magnet worrying but two magnets much worse? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 4 swallowed swallow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 magnet magnet NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 worrying worry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 magnets magnet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 much much ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swallow** | participle | | | | | | | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | one swallowed magnet | | | | | worry *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | two magnets | | | | | | tree rules | 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} Two magnets weigh far too much for a child to swallow ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:t3:o1:1 # text = Two magnets weigh far too much for a child to swallow 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 magnets magnet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 weigh weigh VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 swallow swallow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weigh** | present | Two magnets | much | | | | for a child | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme much=Value | | 2 | **swallow** | to-infinitive | Two magnets *not said here* | | | | | | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Two can pinch the gut between them and tear it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:t3:o2:1 # text = Two can pinch the gut between them and tear it 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 pinch pinch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 gut gut NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 between between ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 tear tear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pinch** | can | Two | the gut | | | | between them *= they* | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gut=Theme | | 2 | **tear** | infinitive | Two *not said here* | gut | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location it=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Two magnets make a loud noise inside ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:t3:o3:1 # text = Two magnets make a loud noise inside 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 magnets magnet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 inside inside ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Two magnets | a loud noise | | | | inside *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} One magnet always comes back up ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:t3:o4:1 # text = One magnet always comes back up 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 magnet magnet NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 up up ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | present | One magnet | | | | | always *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «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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