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description: Identify the principal reason for which a toddler who has become quiet should be checked. Exam question 2 of lesson 322 «Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel plugs, balconies, toddlers, medicines, fire and fireworks» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dep
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# Exam question 2 · Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel…

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Identify the principal reason for which a toddler who has become quiet should be checked.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, toddler · **What happens:** identify, become, check · **To what, where:** principal reason, toddler

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 322 «Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel plugs, balconies, toddlers, medicines, fire and fireworks» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a toddler who has become quiet should be checked.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	toddler	toddler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
13	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	checked	check	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **become** | present · perfect | a toddler |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **check** | should · passive |  | a toddler |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for which=Attribute |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Quiet toddlers are often getting into something dangerous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:e2:o1:1
# text = Quiet toddlers are often getting into something dangerous
1	Quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	toddlers	toddler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	often	often	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
8	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · progressive | Quiet toddlers |  |  | something |  | often *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into something=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Quiet toddlers are invariably asleep, and should be woken for their meals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:e2:o2:1
# text = Quiet toddlers are invariably asleep, and should be woken for their meals
1	Quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	toddlers	toddler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	woken	wake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	meals	meal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Quiet toddlers |  |  |  |  | asleep, invariably *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wake** | should · passive | Quiet toddlers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for toddlers's meals | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Silence indicates illness in every case

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:e2:o3:1
# text = Silence indicates illness in every case
1	Silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | Silence | illness |  | every case |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot illness=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Toddlers must be woken regularly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:e2:o4:1
# text = Toddlers must be woken regularly
1	Toddlers	toddler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	woken	wake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	regularly	regularly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake** | must · passive |  | Toddlers |  |  |  | regularly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

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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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