Test 6 · ★ · Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors
In Anchorage in winter, a child is dared to lick a frozen metal pole. What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: child · What happens: dare, lick, do · To what, where: child, Anchorage, frozen metal pole
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 217 «Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors» 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: In Anchorage in winter, a child is dared to lick a frozen metal pole.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Anchorage | case |
| 2 | Anchorage | anchorage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dared | obl |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 winter | case |
| 4 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Anchorage | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Anchorage | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 child | det |
| 7 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dared | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 dared | aux:pass |
| 9 | dared | dare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 lick | mark |
| 11 | lick | lick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 dared | xcomp |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 pole | det |
| 13 | frozen | frozen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 pole | amod |
| 14 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 pole | compound |
| 15 | pole | pole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lick | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 dared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dare | present · passive | a child | Anchorage in winter | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | lick | to-infinitive | a frozen metal pole | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent pole=Source |
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 should he do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | child | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Refuse, as his wet tongue would freeze and stick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Refuse | refuse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 freeze | punct |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 freeze | mark |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 tongue | nmod:poss |
| 5 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 tongue | amod |
| 6 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 freeze | nsubj |
| 7 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 freeze | aux |
| 8 | freeze | freeze | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Refuse | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 stick | cc |
| 10 | stick | stick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 freeze | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze | would | his wet tongue | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | stick | infinitive | his wet tongue not said here | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
Breathe on it first and then lick it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breathe | breathe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 it | case |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Breathe | obl |
| 4 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Breathe | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 lick | cc |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 lick | advmod |
| 7 | lick | lick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Breathe | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 lick | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | breathe | imperative | you not said here | it | first property | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Agent on it=Destination | |||
| 2 | lick | infinitive | you not said here | it | then | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3
Lick it with his gloves on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lick | lick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Lick | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 gloves | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 gloves | nmod:poss |
| 5 | gloves | glove | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Lick | obl |
| 6 | on | on | ADV | _ | 1 Lick | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lick | imperative | you not said here | it | with his gloves | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with glove=Instrument |
Option 4
Lick it very quickly, so that it has no time to stick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lick | lick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Lick | obj |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 quickly | advmod |
| 4 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Lick | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 has | punct |
| 6 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 9 has | mark |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 so | fixed |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 has | nsubj |
| 9 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Lick | advcl |
| 10 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 time | det |
| 11 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 has | obj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 stick | mark |
| 13 | stick | stick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 time | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lick | imperative | you not said here | it | quickly property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | have | present | it | time | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | stick | to-infinitive | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
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