Test 10 · ★★ · Snow, ice and strong sun

icicles on the shed are huge, can i knock them off

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: icicles, i · What happens: be, knock off · To what, where: icicles

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 234 «Snow, ice and strong sun» 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	icicles	icicle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 huge	nsubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 shed	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shed	det
4	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 icicles	nmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 huge	cop
6	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 knock	punct
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 knock	aux
9	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 knock	nsubj
10	knock	knock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 huge	parataxis
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 knock	obj
12	off	off	ADP	_	10 knock	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	icicles on the shed					huge property	tree rules
2	knock off	can	i	icicles = icicle					vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, with a long stick from the side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 stick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 stick	punct
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 stick	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stick	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stick	amod
6	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 side	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 side	det
9	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stick	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Yes, if you stand right under them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 stand	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stand	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 stand	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 stand	nsubj
5	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	right	right	ADV	_	5 stand	advmod
7	under	under	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	you					under them = they; right property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under they=Location

Option 3

Only if they're already melting n dripping

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	6 melting	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 melting	mark
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 melting	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 melting	aux
5	already	already	ADV	_	6 melting	advmod
6	melting	melt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dripping	compound
8	dripping	dripping	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 melting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	present · progressive	they	n dripping					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient dripping=Result

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

No, stay away, they're heavy and sharp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 stay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 stay	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 heavy	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 heavy	nsubj
7	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 heavy	cop
8	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stay	parataxis
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sharp	cc
10	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 heavy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	stay away	imperative	you not said here	away property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	they	heavy property	tree rules
3	be		they not said here		tree rules

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