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title: dropped my dinosaur in the toilet, just flush it — Eyes, nose and using the toilet · tree and pragmatics
description: dropped my dinosaur in the toilet, just flush it Test 12 · ★ of lesson 78 «Eyes, nose and using the toilet» 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 was right.
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# Test 12 · ★ · Eyes, nose and using the toilet

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dropped my dinosaur in the toilet, just flush it

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** drop, flush · **To what, where:** dinosaur, toilet

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 78 «Eyes, nose and using the toilet» 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/78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:t12:1
# text = dropped my dinosaur in the toilet, just flush it
1	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	flush	flush	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past |  | my dinosaur |  | the toilet |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dinosaur=Theme in toilet=Destination |
| 2 | **flush** | infinitive |  | dinosaur |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.theme»: 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, toilets can take small toys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:t12:o1:1
# text = Yes, toilets can take small toys
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	toilets	toilet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | can | toilets | small toys |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme |

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

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No, only toilet paper is flushed, toys block the pipes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:t12:o2:1
# text = No, only toilet paper is flushed, toys block the pipes
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	flushed	flush	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	block	block	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flush** | present · passive |  | toilet paper |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **block** | present | toys | the pipes |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer pipe=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if the toy is soft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:t12:o3:1
# text = Yes, if the toy is soft
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	soft	soft	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 | the toy |  |  |  |  | soft *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, flush twice to be sure it goes all the way down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:t12:o4:1
# text = Yes, flush twice to be sure it goes all the way down
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	flush	flush	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	down	down	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flush** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | present | it | all way |  |  |  | down *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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