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description: did u hear a toddler swallowed a coin and it got stuck and he couldn't breathe? real lesson? Test 17 · ★★ of lesson 260 «Learning a skill, and coins and notes» 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 w
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# Test 17 · ★★ · Learning a skill, and coins and notes

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did u hear a toddler swallowed a coin and it got stuck and he couldn't breathe? real lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** u, toddler, he · **What happens:** hear, swallow, get, not breathe · **To what, where:** coin, real lesson · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★★ of lesson 260 «Learning a skill, and coins and notes» 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/260-learning-skills-and-coins/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:260-learning-skills-and-coins:t17:1
# text = did u hear a toddler swallowed a coin and it got stuck and he couldn't breathe? real lesson?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	toddler	toddler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	breathe	breathe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
19	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **swallow** | past | a toddler | a coin |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Patient |
| 3 | **get** | past | toddler |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **not** **breathe** | could | he | real lesson |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Theme |

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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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Coins always pass through safely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:260-learning-skills-and-coins:t17:o1:1
# text = Coins always pass through safely
1	Coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	pass	pass	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass through** | present | Coins |  |  |  |  | always, safely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Toddlers can swallow small coins safely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:260-learning-skills-and-coins:t17:o2:1
# text = Toddlers can swallow small coins safely
1	Toddlers	toddler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	swallow	swallow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Keep coins away from small children; they choke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:260-learning-skills-and-coins:t17:o3:1
# text = Keep coins away from small children; they choke
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	choke	choke	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep away** | imperative | you *not said here* | coins |  |  |  | from small children; away *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer coin=Beneficiary from child=Eventuality |
| 2 | **choke** | present | coins *= coin* |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only big coins are dangerous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:260-learning-skills-and-coins:t17:o4:1
# text = Only big coins are dangerous
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | big coins |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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