--- title: «baby bro swallowed a pen cap, he's breathing fine, don't tell mum»… — Pencils, paper and school things · tree and pragmatics description: «baby bro swallowed a pen cap, he's breathing fine, don't tell mum» What should you do? Test 10 of lesson 6 «Pencils, paper and school things» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/6-pencils-paper-and-school-things/t10/) [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/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [Pencils, paper and school things](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/6-pencils-paper-and-school-things/) / t10 # Test 10 · Pencils, paper and school things «baby bro swallowed a pen cap, he's breathing fine, don't tell mum» What should you do? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** baby bro, bro, you · **What happens:** swallow, breathe, not tell, do · **To what, where:** pen cap, mum · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 of lesson 6 «Pencils, paper and school things» 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/6-pencils-paper-and-school-things/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t10:1 # text = «baby bro swallowed a pen cap, he's breathing fine, don't tell mum» What should you do? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 swallowed swallow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 pen pen NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 breathing breathe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 12 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 15 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 17 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 » » PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 19 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 22 obj _ _ 20 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swallow** *in a quote* | past | baby bro | a pen cap | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cap=Patient | | 2 | **breathe** *in a quote* | present · progressive | bro | | | | | fine *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | mum | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** | should | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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} Wait a week and see what happens ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t10:o1:1 # text = Wait a week and see what happens 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 7 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | week | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **happen** | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Tell an adult straight away ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t10:o2:1 # text = Tell an adult straight away 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 straight straight ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | a adult | | | away *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Give him some water and forget it ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t10:o3:1 # text = Give him some water and forget it 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 forget forget VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | some water | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient water=Theme | | 2 | **forget** | infinitive | you *not said here* | water | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Keep it secret so nobody gets cross ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t10:o4:1 # text = Keep it secret so nobody gets cross 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 4 so so SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ _ 6 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 7 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | secret *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **get** | present | nobody | cross | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cross=Stimulus | **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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