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title: «got this mega cheap robot toy online, no marks on it, whatever» Wha… — Toys and Lego · tree and pragmatics
description: «got this mega cheap robot toy online, no marks on it, whatever» What is the safer thought? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Toys and Lego» 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 wrong.
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Toys and Lego

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«got this mega cheap robot toy online, no marks on it, whatever» What is the safer thought?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** this · **What happens:** get, toy, be · **To what, where:** marks, safer thought · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Toys and Lego» 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/7-toys-and-lego/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:7-toys-and-lego:t2:1
# text = «got this mega cheap robot toy online, no marks on it, whatever» What is the safer thought?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	_
4	mega	megapixel	ADV	AFX	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
8	online	online	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	safer	safe	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	21	amod	_	_
21	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past |  | no marks on toy |  |  |  | online *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **toy** *in a quote* |  | this |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | the safer thought |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Cheaper toys are always the safest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:7-toys-and-lego:t2:o1:1
# text = Cheaper toys are always the safest
1	Cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Cheaper toys |  |  |  |  | always, safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Safety marks are just stickers for decoration, they don't mean anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:7-toys-and-lego:t2:o2:1
# text = Safety marks are just stickers for decoration, they don't mean anything
1	Safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	stickers	sticker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	decoration	decoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
13	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Safety marks | stickers |  |  |  | for decoration | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **mean** | present · do-support | marks *= mark* | anything |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Every toy is safe wherever it comes from

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:7-toys-and-lego:t2:o3:1
# text = Every toy is safe wherever it comes from
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	wherever	wherever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | every toy |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | present | toy |  |  |  |  | wherever *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A toy without proper safety marks may have skipped the tests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:7-toys-and-lego:t2:o4:1
# text = A toy without proper safety marks may have skipped the tests
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux	_	_
9	skipped	skip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tests	test	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skip** | may · perfect · passive |  | a toy without proper safety marks |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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