Test 3 · ★ · Sun, cold and growing up A girl in Minnesota comes in from the snow with icy hands. Her brother says to hold them by the fire. What is right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, brother · What happens: come in, say, hold, be · To what, where: snow, hands · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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 Sentence 1: A girl in Minnesota comes in from the snow with icy hands.
det nsubj case nmod advmod case det obl case amod nmod punct root A DET girl NOUN in ADP Minnesota PROPN comes VERB in ADV from ADP the DET snow NOUN with ADP icy ADJ hands 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 comes nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 4 Minnesota case 4 Minnesota Minnesota PROPN Number=Sing 2 girl nmod 5 comes come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 in in ADV _ 5 comes advmod 7 from from ADP _ 9 snow case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 snow det 9 snow snow NOUN Number=Sing 5 comes obl 10 with with ADP _ 12 hands case 11 icy icy ADJ Degree=Pos 12 hands amod 12 hands hand NOUN Number=Plur 9 snow nmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 comes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come in present a girl in Minnesota the snow with icy hands vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from snow=Initial_Location
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 brother says to hold them by the fire.
nmod:poss nsubj mark xcomp obj case det obl punct root Her PRON brother NOUN says VERB to PART hold VERB them PRON by ADP the DET fire 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 brother nmod:poss 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 hold mark 5 hold hold VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 says xcomp 6 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 hold obj 7 by by ADP _ 9 fire case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 fire det 9 fire fire NOUN Number=Sing 5 hold obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present girl's brother vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 hold to-infinitive girl's brother not said here hands = hand by the fire vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme by fire=Location
Sentence 3: What is right?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON is AUX right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 right nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present right property tree rules
The options Option 1 Hold them by the fire, it is fastest
obj case det obl punct nsubj cop parataxis root Hold VERB them PRON by ADP the DET fire NOUN , PUNCT it PRON is AUX fastest ADJ 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 by by ADP _ 5 fire case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 fire det 5 fire fire NOUN Number=Sing 1 Hold obl 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 fastest punct 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 fastest nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 fastest cop 9 fastest fast ADJ Degree=Sup 1 Hold parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hold imperative you not said here them = they by the fire vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme by fire=Location 2 is present fire fast property tree rules
Option 2 Rub them with snow first
obj case obl advmod root Rub VERB them PRON with ADP snow NOUN first ADV 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 with with ADP _ 4 snow case 4 snow snow NOUN Number=Sing 1 Rub obl 5 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 1 Rub advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 rub imperative you not said here them = they with snow; first property vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with snow=Theme
Option 3 Put them straight into a bowl of very hot water
obj advmod case det obl case advmod amod nmod root Put VERB them PRON straight ADV into ADP a DET bowl NOUN of ADP very ADV hot ADJ water NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Put put VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Put obj 3 straight straight ADV _ 6 bowl advmod 4 into into ADP _ 6 bowl case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 bowl det 6 bowl bowl NOUN Number=Sing 1 Put obl 7 of of ADP _ 10 water case 8 very very ADV _ 9 hot advmod 9 hot hot ADJ Degree=Pos 10 water amod 10 water water NOUN Number=Sing 6 bowl nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 put imperative you not said here them = they a bowl of hot water vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Warm them gently, as numb skin burns easily
obj advmod punct mark amod nsubj advcl advmod root Warm VERB them PRON gently ADV , PUNCT as SCONJ numb ADJ skin NOUN burns VERB easily ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Warm warm VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Warm obj 3 gently gently ADV _ 1 Warm advmod 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 burns punct 5 as as SCONJ _ 8 burns mark 6 numb numb ADJ Degree=Pos 7 skin amod 7 skin skin NOUN Number=Sing 8 burns nsubj 8 burns burn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Warm advcl 9 easily easily ADV _ 8 burns advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 warm imperative you not said here them = they gently property vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient 2 burn present numb skin easily property vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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