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description: apparently a boy took his toy gun to the shopping centre and armed police surrounded him. what's the true lesson? Test 18 · ★ of lesson 241 «Safe toys for you and little ones» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 18 · ★ · Safe toys for you and little ones

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apparently a boy took his toy gun to the shopping centre and armed police surrounded him. what's the true lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, armed police, true lesson · **What happens:** take, surround, be · **To what, where:** toy gun, shopping centre, boy

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This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 241 «Safe toys for you and little ones» 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/241-safe-toys/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:241-safe-toys:t18:1
# text = apparently a boy took his toy gun to the shopping centre and armed police surrounded him. what's the true lesson?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	shopping	shopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	armed	armed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
15	surrounded	surround	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
18	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | a boy | boy's toy gun |  | the shopping centre and armed police |  | apparently *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gun=Theme to centre=Destination |
| 2 | **surround** | participle | armed police *not said here* | boy |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the true lesson |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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Toy guns are fine to take anywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:241-safe-toys:t18:o1:1
# text = Toy guns are fine to take anywhere
1	Toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	guns	gun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	csubj	_	_
7	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Toy guns |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | anywhere *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Police can always tell a toy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:241-safe-toys:t18:o2:1
# text = Police can always tell a toy
1	Police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | can | Police | a toy |  |  |  | always *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent toy=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Just paint it a bright colour first and then it's fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:241-safe-toys:t18:o3:1
# text = Just paint it a bright colour first and then it's fine
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	paint	paint	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | first *property* | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent it=Patient colour=Result |
| 2 | **is** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Never take a realistic toy gun to a public place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:241-safe-toys:t18:o4:1
# text = Never take a realistic toy gun to a public place
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	realistic	realistic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | a realistic toy gun |  | a public place |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gun=Theme to place=Destination |

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