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Test 1 · ★★ · Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, cliff edges, trail ma…

A boy in Minnesota sees that the slide is shiny with ice. His friend says it will be faster. What is wise?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, slide, friend · What happens: see, be, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 325 «Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, cliff edges, trail markers, quarries, campfire burns, river crossings, bridges and pool safety» 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 boy in Minnesota sees that the slide is shiny with ice.

detnsubjcasenmodmarkdetnsubjcopccompcaseoblpunctrootADETboyNOUNinADPMinnesotaPROPNseesVERBthatSCONJtheDETslideNOUNisAUXshinyADJwithADPiceNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 boydet
2boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing5 seesnsubj
3ininADP_4 Minnesotacase
4MinnesotaMinnesotaPROPNNumber=Sing2 boynmod
5seesseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6thatthatSCONJ_10 shinymark
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 slidedet
8slideslideNOUNNumber=Sing10 shinynsubj
9isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 shinycop
10shinyshinyADJDegree=Pos5 seesccomp
11withwithADP_12 icecase
12iceiceNOUNNumber=Sing10 shinyobl
13..PUNCT_5 seespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seepresenta boy in Minnesotavn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2ispresentthe slidewith ice; shiny propertytree 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.

Sentence 2: His friend says it will be faster.

nmod:possnsubjnsubjauxcopccomppunctrootHisPRONfriendNOUNsaysVERBitPRONwillAUXbeAUXfasterADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 friendnmod:poss
2friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 fasternsubj
5willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin7 fasteraux
6bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf7 fastercop
7fasterfastADJDegree=Cmp3 saysccomp
8..PUNCT_3 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentboy's friendvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2isfuturefriendfast propertytree rules

Sentence 3: What is wise?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXwiseADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 wisensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 wisecop
3wisewiseADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 wisepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentwise propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Pour warm water on it first and go down at once

amodobjcaseobladvmodccconjadvmodcaseoblrootPourVERBwarmADJwaterNOUNonADPitPRONfirstADVandCCONJgoVERBdownADVatADPonceADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PourpourVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2warmwarmADJDegree=Pos3 wateramod
3waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing1 Pourobj
4ononADP_5 itcase
5ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Pourobl
6firstfirstADVNumForm=Word NumType=Ord1 Pouradvmod
7andandCCONJ_8 gocc
8gogoVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Pourconj
9downdownADV_8 goadvmod
10atatADP_11 oncecase
11onceonceADVNumForm=Word NumType=Mult8 goobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1pourimperativeyou not said herewarm waterwaterfirst propertyvn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
2go downinfinitiveyou not said heredown propertyvn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location

Option 2

Go down slowly holding the sides

advmodadvmodadvcldetobjrootGoVERBdownADVslowlyADVholdingVERBtheDETsidesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GogoVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2downdownADV_1 Goadvmod
3slowlyslowlyADV_1 Goadvmod
4holdingholdVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part1 Goadvcl
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 sidesdet
6sidessideNOUNNumber=Plur4 holdingobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1go downimperativeyou not said heredown, slowly propertyvn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2holdgerundyou not said herethe sidesvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Keep off it; icy equipment causes hard falls

caseoblpunctamodnsubjparataxisamodobjrootKeepVERBoffADPitPRON;PUNCTicyADJequipmentNOUNcausesVERBhardADJfallsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1KeepkeepVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2offoffADP_3 itcase
3ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Keepobl
4;;PUNCT_7 causespunct
5icyicyADJDegree=Pos6 equipmentamod
6equipmentequipmentNOUNNumber=Sing7 causesnsubj
7causescauseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Keepparataxis
8hardhardADJDegree=Pos9 fallsamod
9fallsfallNOUNNumber=Plur7 causesobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1keep offimperativeyou not said hereitvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2causepresenticy equipmenthard fallsvn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fall=Patient

Option 4

Go down feet first so it is safe

advmodobl:unmarkedadvmodmarknsubjcopadvclrootGoVERBdownADVfeetNOUNfirstADVsoSCONJitPRONisAUXsafeADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GogoVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2downdownADV_1 Goadvmod
3feetfootNOUNNumber=Plur1 Goobl:unmarked
4firstfirstADVNumForm=Word NumType=Ord1 Goadvmod
5sosoSCONJ_8 safemark
6ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 safensubj
7isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 safecop
8safesafeADJDegree=Pos1 Goadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1go downimperativeyou not said herefeetdown, first propertyvn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2ispresentitsafe propertytree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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