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title: A mum calls a toddler's syrup «sweets» so he takes it. The next day… — Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves,… · tree and pragmatics
description: A mum calls a toddler's syrup «sweets» so he takes it. The next day he climbs up to the medicine shelf. What went wrong? Test 6 · ★ 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 pr
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# Test 6 · ★ · Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel…

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A mum calls a toddler's syrup «sweets» so he takes it. The next day he climbs up to the medicine shelf. What went wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mum, toddler · **What happens:** call, take, climb up, go · **To what, where:** syrup, medicine shelf · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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. 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A mum calls a toddler's syrup «sweets» so he takes it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t6:1
# text = A mum calls a toddler's syrup «sweets» so he takes it.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	toddler	toddler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	syrup	syrup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | a mum | a toddler's syrup |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent syrup=Recipient |
| 2 | **take** | present | toddler | syrup |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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.

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*Sentence 2:* The next day he climbs up to the medicine shelf.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t6:2
# text = The next day he climbs up to the medicine shelf.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	climbs	climb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb up** | present | toddler |  |  | the medicine shelf | day |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shelf=Destination |

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*Sentence 3:* What went wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t6:3
# text = What went wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He thought medicine was sweets and wanted more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t6:o1:1
# text = He thought medicine was sweets and wanted more
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | medicine sweets |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **want** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The syrup was too nice to stop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t6:o2:1
# text = The syrup was too nice to stop
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	syrup	syrup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the syrup |  |  |  |  | nice *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | the syrup *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Toddlers can read medicine labels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t6:o3:1
# text = Toddlers can read medicine labels
1	Toddlers	toddler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	labels	label	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | can | Toddlers | medicine labels |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent label=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was just being naughty for no reason

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t6:o4:1
# text = He was just being naughty for no reason
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	naughty	naughty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | for no reason; naughty *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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