Test 5 · ★ · Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on b…
In Alaska in winter a boy wants to lick a frozen metal railing. What would happen?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: want, lick, happen · To what, where: Alaska, frozen metal railing
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 294 «Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on balconies» 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 Alaska in winter a boy wants to lick a frozen metal railing.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Alaska | case |
| 2 | Alaska | Alaska | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 wants | obl |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 winter | case |
| 4 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Alaska | nmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 boy | det |
| 6 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wants | nsubj |
| 7 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 lick | mark |
| 9 | lick | lick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 wants | xcomp |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 railing | det |
| 11 | frozen | frozen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 railing | amod |
| 12 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 railing | compound |
| 13 | railing | railing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lick | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a boy | Alaska in winter | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lick not said to happen | to-infinitive | a boy not said here | a frozen metal railing | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent railing=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 would happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
His tongue could freeze and stick to the metal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 tongue | nmod:poss |
| 2 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 freeze | nsubj |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 freeze | aux |
| 4 | freeze | freeze | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 stick | cc |
| 6 | stick | stick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 freeze | conj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 metal | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 metal | det |
| 9 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stick | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze | could | His tongue | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | stick | infinitive | His tongue not said here | to the metal | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to metal=Co-Patient |
Option 2
The rail would taste of ice cream
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rail | det |
| 2 | rail | rail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 taste | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 taste | aux |
| 4 | taste | taste | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 cream | case |
| 6 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cream | compound |
| 7 | cream | cream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 taste | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | taste | would | the rail | of ice cream | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
His tongue would warm the rail and nothing happens
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 tongue | nmod:poss |
| 2 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 warm | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 warm | aux |
| 4 | warm | warm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rail | det |
| 6 | rail | rail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 happens | nsubj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 nothing | cc |
| 8 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 rail | conj |
| 9 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 warm | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | warm | would | His tongue | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | happen | present | the rail | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
His tongue would turn blue for good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 tongue | nmod:poss |
| 2 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turn | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 turn | aux |
| 4 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 turn | xcomp |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 good | case |
| 7 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 turn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | would | His tongue | for good; blue property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
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