Test 5 · Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hyperbole

A cartoon shows a man in Perth melting into a puddle at 37 degrees. What is the real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon, man, real lesson · What happens: show, melt, be · To what, where: man, puddle

This is test 5 of lesson 45 «Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hyperbole» of the language 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 cartoon shows a man in Perth melting into a puddle at 37 degrees.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cartoon	det
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Perth	case
7	Perth	Perth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 man	nmod
8	melting	melt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 man	acl
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 puddle	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 puddle	det
11	puddle	puddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 melting	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 degrees	case
13	37	37	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 degrees	nummod
14	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 melting	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	a cartoon	a man				in Perth	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent man=Patient in perth=Topic
2	melt	gerund	a man not said here			a puddle		at 37 degrees	vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material into puddle=Product

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: What is the real lesson?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lesson	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lesson	amod
5	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the real lesson						tree rules

The options

Option 1

The man should go out at midday when the sun is highest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 go	aux
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	out	out	ADV	_	4 go	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 midday	case
7	midday	midday	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 highest	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sun	det
10	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 highest	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 highest	cop
12	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 go	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go out	should	the man			midday		out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the sun					high property	tree rules

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

37 degrees doesn't melt you, but it is really hot, so find shade and water

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	37	37	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 degrees	nummod
2	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 melt	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 melt	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 melt	advmod
5	melt	melt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 melt	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hot	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 hot	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hot	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 hot	cop
11	really	really	ADV	_	12 hot	advmod
12	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 melt	advcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 find	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	15 find	advmod
15	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 melt	conj
16	shade	shade	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 find	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 water	cc
18	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 shade	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not melt	present · do-support	37 degrees	you		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient you=Result
2	is	present	it		hot property	tree rules
3	find	infinitive	37 degrees not said here	shade and water		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shade=Topic

Option 3

Heat is never dangerous, so the man could stay out in the sun all day long without water

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dangerous	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dangerous	cop
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 dangerous	advmod
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stay	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 stay	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stay	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 stay	aux
10	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 dangerous	conj
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 stay	compound:prt
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 sun	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sun	det
14	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stay	obl
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 day	det
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stay	obl:unmarked
17	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 stay	advmod
18	without	without	ADP	_	19 water	case
19	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	Heat					dangerous property	tree rules
2	stay out	could	the man			the sun	day	without water; long property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun=Location

Option 4

People really can melt like ice when the weather is very hot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 melt	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	4 melt	advmod
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 melt	aux
4	melt	melt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 ice	case
6	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 melt	obl
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 hot	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 weather	det
9	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hot	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 hot	cop
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 hot	advmod
12	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 melt	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	can	People					like ice	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is	present	the weather					hot property	tree rules

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