Test 11 · ★ · Sun, cold and growing up

mate dared me lick the frozen pole lol

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate · What happens: dare, lick, freeze · To what, where: me, frozen pole

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 86 «Sun, cold and growing up» 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	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dared	nsubj
2	dared	dare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 dared	obj
4	lick	lick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 dared	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pole	det
6	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 pole	amod
7	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lick	obj
8	lol	lol	INTJ	_	2 dared	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	dare	past	mate	me	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
2	lick	infinitive	mate not said here	the frozen pole	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent pole=Source
3	freeze	participle			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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, it tastes just like a cold ice lolly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 tastes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tastes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tastes	nsubj
4	tastes	taste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	just	just	ADV	_	10 lolly	advmod
6	like	like	ADP	_	10 lolly	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lolly	det
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 lolly	amod
9	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lolly	compound
10	lolly	lolly	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tastes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	taste	present	it					like a cold ice lolly	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Yes, if you blow on it first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 blow	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 blow	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 blow	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 blow	nsubj
5	blow	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 blow	obl
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 blow	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	present	you			it		first property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, your tongue sticks and the skin tears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 sticks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sticks	punct
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 tongue	nmod:poss
4	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sticks	nsubj
5	sticks	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tears	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 skin	det
8	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tears	compound
9	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sticks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	present	your tongue	skin tears					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tear=Theme

Option 4

Yes, just a quick lick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 lick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	just	just	ADV	_	6 lick	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lick	det
5	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lick	amod
6	lick	lick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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