--- title: Why are long cords on blinds tied up high in a home with a toddler? — Babies, button batteries and magnets · tree and pragmatics description: Why are long cords on blinds tied up high in a home with a toddler? Test 8 · ★ 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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Babies, button batteries and magnets Why are long cords on blinds tied up high in a home with a toddler? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, tie up · **To what, where:** long cords, blinds, home This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:t8:1 # text = Why are long cords on blinds tied up high in a home with a toddler? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 cords cord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 blinds blind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 high high ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 toddler toddler NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | long cords | | blinds | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tie up** | participle | | blinds *not said here* | | a home with a toddler | | high *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=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} Tied cords make the room darker ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:t8:o1:1 # text = Tied cords make the room darker 1 Tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 cords cord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 darker dark ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tie** | participle | | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **make** | present | Tied cords | the room | | | | dark *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset room=Product | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Cords can wrap around a small child's neck ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:t8:o2:1 # text = Cords can wrap around a small child's neck 1 Cords cord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 wrap wrap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 around around ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wrap** | can | Cords | | | a small child's neck | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme around neck=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} Cords collect too much dust ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:t8:o3:1 # text = Cords collect too much dust 1 Cords cord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 collect collect VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **collect** | present | Cords | much dust | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dust=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Toddlers pull the blinds right off the windows and break them ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:113-babies-batteries-and-magnets:t8:o4:1 # text = Toddlers pull the blinds right off the windows and break them 1 Toddlers toddler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 pull pull VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 blinds blind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 right right ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 off off ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | present | Toddlers | the blinds | | the windows | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent blind=Theme off window=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **break** | infinitive | Toddlers *not said here* | blinds *= blind* | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Patient | **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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