Test 8 · ★★★ · Thinking it through: the science behind home safety A girl in Brisbane burns her arm on a hot oven tray. Her friend reaches for ice. What should she say?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, friend · What happens: burn, reach, say · To what, where: arm, hot oven tray · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Thinking it through: the science behind home 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 girl in Brisbane burns her arm on a hot oven tray.
det nsubj case nmod nmod:poss obj case det amod compound obl punct root A DET girl NOUN in ADP Brisbane PROPN burns VERB her PRON arm NOUN on ADP a DET hot ADJ oven NOUN tray NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 girl det 2 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 5 burns nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 4 Brisbane case 4 Brisbane Brisbane PROPN Number=Sing 2 girl nmod 5 burns burn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 arm nmod:poss 7 arm arm NOUN Number=Sing 5 burns obj 8 on on ADP _ 12 tray case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 tray det 10 hot hot ADJ Degree=Pos 12 tray amod 11 oven oven NOUN Number=Sing 12 tray compound 12 tray tray NOUN Number=Sing 5 burns obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 burns punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 burn present a girl in Brisbane girl's arm a hot oven tray vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent arm=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: Her friend reaches for ice.
nmod:poss nsubj case obl punct root Her PRON friend NOUN reaches VERB for ADP ice NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 friend nmod:poss 2 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 3 reaches nsubj 3 reaches reach VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 for for ADP _ 5 ice case 5 ice ice NOUN Number=Sing 3 reaches obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 reaches punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 reach present girl's friend for ice vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What should she say?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX she PRON say VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 say obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 say aux 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 say nsubj 4 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 say punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert should friend vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 Use nothing, burns always heal fastest dry
obj punct nsubj advmod advcl obj xcomp root Use VERB nothing PRON , PUNCT burns NOUN always ADV heal VERB fastest ADJ dry ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Use use VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 1 Use obj 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 heal punct 4 burns burn NOUN Number=Plur 6 heal nsubj 5 always always ADV PronType=Tot 6 heal advmod 6 heal heal VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Use advcl 7 fastest fast ADJ Degree=Sup 6 heal obj 8 dry dry ADJ Degree=Pos 6 heal xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 use imperative you not said here nothing vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient 2 heal present burns fastest always, dry property vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fast=Patient
Option 2 Use the ice, because colder is always better for a burn
det obj punct mark conj cop advmod parataxis case det obl root Use VERB the DET ice NOUN , PUNCT because SCONJ colder ADJ is AUX always ADV better ADJ for ADP a DET burn NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Use use VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 ice det 3 ice ice NOUN Number=Sing 1 Use obj 4 , , PUNCT _ 9 better punct 5 because because SCONJ _ 9 better mark 6 colder cold ADJ Degree=Cmp 9 better conj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 better cop 8 always always ADV PronType=Tot 9 better advmod 9 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 1 Use parataxis 10 for for ADP _ 12 burn case 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 burn det 12 burn burn NOUN Number=Sing 9 better obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 use imperative you not said here the ice vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ice=Patient 2 be tree rules 3 is present for a burn; always, good property tree rules
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Use cool running water, because ice can hurt the skin
amod amod obj punct mark nsubj aux conj det obj root Use VERB cool ADJ running VERB water NOUN , PUNCT because SCONJ ice NOUN can AUX hurt VERB the DET skin NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Use use VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 cool cool ADJ Degree=Pos 4 water amod 3 running run VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 water amod 4 water water NOUN Number=Sing 1 Use obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 hurt punct 6 because because SCONJ _ 9 hurt mark 7 ice ice NOUN Number=Sing 9 hurt nsubj 8 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 hurt aux 9 hurt hurt VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Use conj 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 skin det 11 skin skin NOUN Number=Sing 9 hurt obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 use imperative you not said here cool running water vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient 2 run gerund vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 hurt can ice the skin vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer skin=Patient
Option 4 Use butter, because it seals the burn from the air
obj punct mark nsubj parataxis det obj case det obl root Use VERB butter NOUN , PUNCT because SCONJ it PRON seals VERB the DET burn NOUN from ADP the DET air NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Use use VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 butter butter NOUN Number=Sing 1 Use obj 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 seals punct 4 because because SCONJ _ 6 seals mark 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 seals nsubj 6 seals seal VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Use parataxis 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 burn det 8 burn burn NOUN Number=Sing 6 seals obj 9 from from ADP _ 11 air case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 air det 11 air air NOUN Number=Sing 6 seals obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 use imperative you not said here butter vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent butter=Patient 2 seal present butter the burn the air vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burn=Patient
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