Test 18 · ★★ · Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home

Charlie put his tongue on the freezer tray for a dare n it stuck n half his tongue came off, the year 6s say. what's the real lesson

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Charlie, tongue, year 6s · What happens: put, stick, come off, say, be · To what, where: tongue, freezer tray, real lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★★ of lesson 108 «Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home» of the everyday 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Charlie	Charlie	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 put	nsubj
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 tongue	nmod:poss
4	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 tray	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tray	det
7	freezer	freezer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tray	compound
8	tray	tray	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 dare	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 dare	det
11	dare	dare	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl
12	n	n	SCONJ	_	14 stuck	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 stuck	nsubj
14	stuck	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 came	advcl
15	n	not	ADV	_	16 half	advmod
16	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	18 tongue	det:predet
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 tongue	nmod:poss
18	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stuck	obj
19	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 put	parataxis
20	off	off	ADV	_	19 came	advmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 say	punct
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 6s	det
23	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 6s	compound
24	6s	6	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	25 say	nsubj
25	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 came	conj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 put	punct
27	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	31 lesson	nsubj
28	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 lesson	cop
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 lesson	det
30	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 lesson	amod
31	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	put	past	Charlie	Charlie's tongue	the freezer tray	for a dare	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme on tray=Destination
2	stick	past	tongue	Charlie's tongue			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme
3	come off	past				off property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
4	say speech: assert	present	the year 6s				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is a	present		the real lesson			tree rules

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

Option 1

Pull your tongue off fast, because that stops it sticking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 tongue	nmod:poss
3	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pull	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	1 Pull	compound:prt
5	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Pull	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 stops	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 stops	mark
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 stops	nsubj
9	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pull	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 stops	obj
11	sticking	stick	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 stops	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pull off	imperative	you not said here	your tongue	fast property	vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Eventuality
2	stop	present	that	tongue		tree rules
3	stick	gerund	that not said here			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Only the freezer door sticks, the tray is safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 door	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 door	det
3	freezer	freezer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 door	compound
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sticks	nsubj
5	sticks	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 safe	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tray	det
8	tray	tray	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 safe	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 safe	cop
10	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sticks	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	present	the freezer door						vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	is	present	the tray					safe property	tree rules

Option 3

Frozen metal is only dangerous in summer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frozen	frozen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 metal	amod
2	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dangerous	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dangerous	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 dangerous	advmod
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 summer	case
7	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dangerous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Frozen metal				summer	dangerous property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wet skin sticks to frozen metal, so never put your tongue on it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 skin	amod
2	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sticks	nsubj
3	sticks	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 metal	case
5	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 metal	amod
6	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sticks	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 put	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 put	advmod
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 put	advmod
10	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 sticks	parataxis
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 tongue	nmod:poss
12	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 put	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stick	present	Wet skin			to frozen metal	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to metal=Co-Patient
2	freeze	participle					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	not put	infinitive		your tongue	skin		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme on it=Destination

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