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title: my mate says his baby sister swallowed a Lego brick and it came out… — Safe toys for you and little ones · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says his baby sister swallowed a Lego brick and it came out fine so small parts are no big deal. right? Test 19 · ★ 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; M
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# Test 19 · ★ · Safe toys for you and little ones

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my mate says his baby sister swallowed a Lego brick and it came out fine so small parts are no big deal. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, baby sister, brick, small parts · **What happens:** say, swallow, come out, be · **To what, where:** Lego brick, big deal · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★ 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/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:241-safe-toys:t19:1
# text = my mate says his baby sister swallowed a Lego brick and it came out fine so small parts are no big deal. right?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Lego	Lego	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	brick	brick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	out	out	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
16	so	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
17	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
19	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
20	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	22	det	_	_
21	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
24	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **swallow** | past | mate's baby sister | a Lego brick |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brick=Patient |
| 3 | **come out** | past | brick |  |  |  |  | fine, out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **is a** | present | small parts | no big deal |  |  |  |  | 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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Yes, babies can swallow anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:241-safe-toys:t19:o1:1
# text = Yes, babies can swallow anything
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	swallow	swallow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | can | babies | anything |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, small parts can choke babies and toddlers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:241-safe-toys:t19:o2:1
# text = No, small parts can choke babies and toddlers
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	choke	choke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	toddlers	toddler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choke** | can | small parts | babies and toddlers |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme baby=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, Lego is made for babies to chew on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:241-safe-toys:t19:o3:1
# text = Yes, Lego is made for babies to chew on
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Lego	Lego	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	chew	chew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Lego |  |  |  | for babies | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for baby=Asset |
| 2 | **chew on** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if they're made of plastic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:241-safe-toys:t19:o4:1
# text = Yes, if they're made of plastic
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | they |  |  |  | of plastic | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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