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Test 4 · ★★ · Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home

A girl in Alaska touches her wet tongue to a frozen metal pole. What happens?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: touch, happen · To what, where: wet tongue

This is test 4 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: A girl in Alaska touches her wet tongue to a frozen metal pole.

detnsubjcasenmodnmod:possamodobjcasedetamodcompoundoblpunctrootADETgirlNOUNinADPAlaskaPROPNtouchesVERBherPRONwetADJtongueNOUNtoADPaDETfrozenADJmetalNOUNpoleNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 girldet
2girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing5 touchesnsubj
3ininADP_4 Alaskacase
4AlaskaAlaskaPROPNNumber=Sing2 girlnmod
5touchestouchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 tonguenmod:poss
7wetwetADJDegree=Pos8 tongueamod
8tonguetongueNOUNNumber=Sing5 touchesobj
9totoADP_13 polecase
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 poledet
11frozenfrozenADJDegree=Pos13 poleamod
12metalmetalNOUNNumber=Sing13 polecompound
13polepoleNOUNNumber=Sing5 touchesobl
14..PUNCT_5 touchespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1touchpresenta girl in Alaskagirl's wet tongueto a frozen metal polevn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tongue=Co-Theme

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.

Sentence 2: What happens?

nsubjpunctrootWhatPRONhappensVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int2 happensnsubj
2happenshappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3??PUNCT_2 happenspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpresentvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Her tongue freezes to it and tears if she pulls

nmod:possnsubjcaseoblccconjmarknsubjadvclrootHerPRONtongueNOUNfreezesVERBtoADPitPRONandCCONJtearsVERBifSCONJshePRONpullsVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HerherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 tonguenmod:poss
2tonguetongueNOUNNumber=Sing3 freezesnsubj
3freezesfreezeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4totoADP_5 itcase
5ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 freezesobl
6andandCCONJ_7 tearscc
7tearstearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 freezesconj
8ififSCONJ_10 pullsmark
9sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 pullsnsubj
10pullspullVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 tearsadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1freezepresentHer tongueitvn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2tearpresentHer tongue not said herevn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3pull a condition, not said to happenpresenttonguevn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Nothing happens to wet skin in the cold

nsubjcaseamodoblcasedetoblrootNothingPRONhappensVERBtoADPwetADJskinNOUNinADPtheDETcoldNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg2 happensnsubj
2happenshappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoADP_5 skincase
4wetwetADJDegree=Pos5 skinamod
5skinskinNOUNNumber=Sing2 happensobl
6ininADP_8 coldcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 colddet
8coldcoldNOUNNumber=Sing2 happensobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpresentNothingthe coldto wet skinvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in cold=Location

Option 3

Her warm tongue heats the pole and she is perfectly fine

nmod:possamodnsubjdetobjccnsubjcopadvmodconjrootHerPRONwarmADJtongueNOUNheatsVERBtheDETpoleNOUNandCCONJshePRONisAUXperfectlyADVfineADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HerherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 tonguenmod:poss
2warmwarmADJDegree=Pos3 tongueamod
3tonguetongueNOUNNumber=Sing4 heatsnsubj
4heatsheatVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 poledet
6polepoleNOUNNumber=Sing4 heatsobj
7andandCCONJ_11 finecc
8sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 finensubj
9isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 finecop
10perfectlyperfectlyADV_11 fineadvmod
11finefineADJDegree=Pos4 heatsconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1heatpresentHer warm tonguethe polevn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pole=Patient
2ispresenttonguefine, perfectly propertytree rules

Option 4

The pole melts where she touches it

detnsubjadvmodnsubjadvclobjrootTheDETpoleNOUNmeltsVERBwhereADVshePRONtouchesVERBitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 poledet
2polepoleNOUNNumber=Sing3 meltsnsubj
3meltsmeltVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4wherewhereADVPronType=Rel6 touchesadvmod
5sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 touchesnsubj
6touchestouchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 meltsadvcl
7ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 touchesobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meltpresentthe polevn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2touchpresentpoleitvn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme

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