--- title: Granddad puts the new batteries in the fridge. What could happen? — Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules · tree and pragmatics description: Granddad puts the new batteries in the fridge. What could happen? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/) / [Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules Granddad puts the new batteries in the fridge. What could happen? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Granddad · **What happens:** put, happen · **To what, where:** new batteries, fridge This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules» of the myths 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/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Granddad puts the new batteries in the fridge. ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t4:1 # text = Granddad puts the new batteries in the fridge. 1 Granddad granddad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 puts put VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 batteries battery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fridge fridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | present | Granddad | the new batteries | | the fridge | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent battery=Theme in fridge=Destination | 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. *Sentence 2:* What could happen? ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t4:2 # text = What could happen? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | could | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They could get damp, and it doesn't help modern batteries ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t4:o1:1 # text = They could get damp, and it doesn't help modern batteries 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 damp damp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 11 modern modern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 batteries battery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | could | They | | | | | damp *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **help** | present · do-support | it | modern batteries | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 {#o2} They will charge themselves overnight ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t4:o2:1 # text = They will charge themselves overnight 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 charge charge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obj _ _ 5 overnight overnight ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charge** | future | They | themselves *= they* | | | | overnight *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location themselves=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They will freeze and explode ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t4:o3:1 # text = They will freeze and explode 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 freeze freeze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 explode explode VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freeze** | future | They | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **explode** | infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They will last a hundred years ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t4:o4:1 # text = They will last a hundred years 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **last** | future | They | | | | year | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | **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. 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