Test 16 · ★★ · Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather

fingers gone white and numb from the snow

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: go · To what, where: fingers

This is test 16 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather» 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	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 white	nsubj
2	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 fingers	acl
3	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 numb	cc
5	numb	numb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 white	conj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 snow	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 snow	det
8	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 white	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	participle		fingers not said here					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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

Keep playing until they feel better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Keep	xcomp
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 feel	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 feel	nsubj
5	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	advcl
6	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 feel	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here		tree rules
2	play	gerund	you not said here		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	feel	present	they	good property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Go in, warm them slowly, tell an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 warm	punct
4	warm	warm	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 warm	obj
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	4 warm	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct
8	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	go in	imperative	you not said here				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	warm	infinitive	you not said here	them = they		slowly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		a adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 3

Rub them hard with snow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rub	rub	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Rub	obj
3	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Rub	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 snow	case
5	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rub	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	imperative	you not said here	them = they				with snow; hard property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with snow=Theme

Option 4

Hold them under very hot water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hold	obj
3	under	under	ADP	_	6 water	case
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 hot	advmod
5	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 water	amod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	them = they		hot water			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme under water=Location

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