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title: did u hear a baby got a yo-yo string round her neck in the cot and "… — Toy age labels, cords, pretend play, c… · tree and pragmatics
description: did u hear a baby got a yo-yo string round her neck in the cot and "turned blue before her mum got there". lesson? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 327 «Toy age labels, cords, pretend play, card games, motion games, hammers and paintbrushes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Toy age labels, cords, pretend play, card games, motion ga…

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did u hear a baby got a yo-yo string round her neck in the cot and "turned blue before her mum got there". lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** u, baby, mum · **What happens:** hear, get, turn · **To what, where:** lesson, yo string, cot, blue · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 327 «Toy age labels, cords, pretend play, card games, motion games, hammers and paintbrushes» 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/327-toy-age-labels-cords-card-games-and-crafts/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:327-toy-age-labels-cords-card-games-and-crafts:t12:1
# text = did u hear a baby got a yo-yo string round her neck in the cot and "turned blue before her mum got there". 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	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	yo	yo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	yo	yo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
12	round	round	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cot	cot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
21	blue	blue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
22	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
23	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
25	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	advcl	_	_
26	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	25	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
29	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	?	?	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 | lesson |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | a baby | a yo string |  | the cot |  | round baby's neck | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer string=Stimulus |
| 3 | **turn** *in a quote* | past | u *not said here* | blue |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent blue=Theme |
| 4 | **get** *in a quote* | past | baby's mum |  |  | there |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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Strings are fine if they're short and the baby's asleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:327-toy-age-labels-cords-card-games-and-crafts:t12:o1:1
# text = Strings are fine if they're short and the baby's asleep
1	Strings	string	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Strings |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Strings *= string* |  |  |  |  | short *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | Strings *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Keep cords and strings away from babies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:327-toy-age-labels-cords-card-games-and-crafts:t12:o2:1
# text = Keep cords and strings away from babies
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	cords	cord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	strings	string	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | cords and strings |  | babies |  | away *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer cord=Beneficiary from baby=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only thick ropes are dangerous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:327-toy-age-labels-cords-card-games-and-crafts:t12:o3:1
# text = Only thick ropes are dangerous
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ropes	rope	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 | thick ropes |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Babies can untangle themselves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:327-toy-age-labels-cords-card-games-and-crafts:t12:o4:1
# text = Babies can untangle themselves
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	untangle	untangle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **untangle** | can | Babies | Babies *= baby* |  |  |  |  | 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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