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title: Jack says the button battery in the remote is dead, so it can't hurt… — Electricity dangers: sockets, water, c… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jack says the button battery in the remote is dead, so it can't hurt a baby. Right? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 16 «Electricity dangers: sockets, water, chargers and batteries» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Electricity dangers: sockets, water, chargers and batteries

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Jack says the button battery in the remote is dead, so it can't hurt a baby. Right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Jack, button battery, battery · **What happens:** say, be, not hurt · **To what, where:** baby · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 16 «Electricity dangers: sockets, water, chargers and batteries» of the technology 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/technology/16-electricity-dangers/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jack says the button battery in the remote is dead, so it can't hurt a baby.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:16-electricity-dangers:t6:1
# text = Jack says the button battery in the remote is dead, so it can't hurt a baby.
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	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	button	button	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	battery	battery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	remote	remote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Jack |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the button battery in the remote |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **hurt** | can | battery | a baby |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer baby=Patient |

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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:* Right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:16-electricity-dangers:t6:2
# text = Right?
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

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

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No, even a flat one can burn a baby's throat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:16-electricity-dangers:t6:o1:1
# text = No, even a flat one can burn a baby's throat
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | can | a flat one | a baby's throat |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent throat=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, it's only brand-new ones that are dangerous to babies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:16-electricity-dangers:t6:o2:1
# text = No, it's only brand-new ones that are dangerous to babies
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	brand	brand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | new ones |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | new ones |  |  |  |  | to babies; dangerous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, flat batteries are harmless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:16-electricity-dangers:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, flat batteries are harmless
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	batteries	battery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	harmless	harmless	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 | flat batteries |  |  |  |  | harmless *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, they turn to sugar when empty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:16-electricity-dangers:t6:o4:1
# text = Yes, they turn to sugar when empty
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | they | sugar |  |  |  | empty *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sugar=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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