--- title: A family keeps old batteries in a jar and takes them to the supermar… — Babies, button batteries and magnets · tree and pragmatics description: A family keeps old batteries in a jar and takes them to the supermarket battery bin. Why is this good? Test 6 · ★ 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 c --- [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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Babies, button batteries and magnets A family keeps old batteries in a jar and takes them to the supermarket battery bin. Why is this good? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** family, this · **What happens:** keep, take, be · **To what, where:** old batteries, jar, batteries, battery bin This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A family keeps old batteries in a jar and takes them to the supermarket battery bin. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:t6:1 # text = A family keeps old batteries in a jar and takes them to the supermarket battery bin. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 batteries battery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 jar jar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 supermarket supermarket NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 battery battery NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | a family | old batteries | | a jar | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent battery=Theme in jar=Location | | 2 | **take** | present | a family *not said here* | batteries *= battery* | | the battery bin | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to bin=Destination | 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 good? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:t6:2 # text = Why is this good? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | this | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It is the only way to buy new batteries ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:t6:o1:1 # text = It is the only way to buy new batteries 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 batteries battery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | the only way | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **buy** | to-infinitive | | new batteries | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It makes the old batteries charge up again so that they can be used once more ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:t6:o2:1 # text = It makes the old batteries charge up again so that they can be used once more 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 batteries battery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 charge charge VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 again again ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 9 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 14 mark _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 fixed _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 15 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 14 advmod _ _ 16 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **charge up** | present | the old batteries | | | | again | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **use** | can · passive | | batteries *= battery* | | | | once *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It keeps poison out of the ground and fires out of bin lorries ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:t6:o3:1 # text = It keeps poison out of the ground and fires out of bin lorries 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 out out ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 fires fire VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 out out ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 lorries lorry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | It | poison | | the ground | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent poison=Theme out ground=Location | | 2 | **fire out** | present | | bin lorries | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lorry=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Supermarkets pay a lot of money for them ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:t6:o4:1 # text = Supermarkets pay a lot of money for them 1 Supermarkets supermarket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 pay pay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | present | Supermarkets | a lot of money | | | | for them *= they* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent lot=Asset for they=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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