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title: «put the new batteries in with the old ones, who cares» What is the… — Batteries · tree and pragmatics
description: «put the new batteries in with the old ones, who cares» What is the right rule? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 34 «Batteries» of the technology 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 2 · ★ · Batteries

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«put the new batteries in with the old ones, who cares» What is the right rule?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old ones · **What happens:** put, care, be · **To what, where:** new batteries, right rule · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 34 «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/34-batteries/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:34-batteries:t2:1
# text = «put the new batteries in with the old ones, who cares» What is the right rule?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	csubj	_	_
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	_	10	case	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	cares	care	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the new batteries |  |  |  | in the old ones | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent battery=Theme in one=Destination |
| 2 | **care** *in a quote* | present | the old ones |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | the right rule |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Mixing them makes the toy go faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:34-batteries:t2:o1:1
# text = Mixing them makes the toy go faster
1	Mixing	mix	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | present | Mixing | the toy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive | the toy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mixing is fine if they are the same colour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:34-batteries:t2:o2:1
# text = Mixing is fine if they are the same colour
1	Mixing	mixing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mixing |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | they | the same colour |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Old ones recharge from new ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:34-batteries:t2:o3:1
# text = Old ones recharge from new ones
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	recharge	recharge	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recharge** | infinitive | Old ones |  |  |  |  | from new ones | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Never mix old and new batteries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:34-batteries:t2:o4:1
# text = Never mix old and new batteries
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	mix	mix	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	batteries	battery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mix** | imperative | you *not said here* | old batteries |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Patient |

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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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