--- title: Why must a toddler never be given a remote with loose batteries? — Bedroom, living room and manners at home · tree and pragmatics description: Why must a toddler never be given a remote with loose batteries? Test 4 of lesson 119 «Bedroom, living room and manners at home» 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/119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners/t4/) [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/) / [Bedroom, living room and manners at home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners/) / t4 # Test 4 · Bedroom, living room and manners at home Why must a toddler never be given a remote with loose batteries? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** not give · **To what, where:** toddler This is test 4 of lesson 119 «Bedroom, living room and manners at home» 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/119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t4:1 # text = Why must a toddler never be given a remote with loose batteries? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 toddler toddler NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 remote remote NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 batteries battery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **give** | must · passive | | a toddler | | | | with loose batteries | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient remote=Theme | 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} He will keep changing the channel and break the TV's screen ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t4:o1:1 # text = He will keep changing the channel and break the TV's screen 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 changing change VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 channel channel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 TV TV NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 screen screen NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | future | He | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **change** | gerund | He *not said here* | the channel | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent channel=Patient | | 3 | **break** | infinitive | He *not said here* | the TV's screen | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer screen=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The remote will stop working forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t4:o2:1 # text = The remote will stop working forever 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 remote remote NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 forever forever ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | future | the remote | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **work** | gerund | the remote *not said here* | | | | | forever *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Batteries make toddlers too excited ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t4:o3:1 # text = Batteries make toddlers too excited 1 Batteries battery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 toddlers toddler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 excited excited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Batteries | toddlers | | | | excited *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset toddler=Product | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He can pull the batteries out and swallow them ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t4:o4:1 # text = He can pull the batteries out and swallow them 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 batteries battery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 swallow swallow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull out** | can | He | the batteries | | | | out *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **swallow** | infinitive | He *not said here* | batteries *= battery* | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 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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