Test 8 · ★★ · Ice on ponds and cold water in winter
In a cartoon a penguin and a boy skate across a frozen lake, the ice cracks and they hop to safety. What's real?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ice, penguin · What happens: freeze, crack, hop, be · To what, where: cartoon, safety
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 74 «Ice on ponds and cold water in winter» of the medicine 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: In a cartoon a penguin and a boy skate across a frozen lake, the ice cracks and they hop to safety.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 cracks | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 penguin | det |
| 5 | penguin | penguin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cartoon | appos |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 skate | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 skate | det |
| 8 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 skate | compound |
| 9 | skate | skate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 penguin | conj |
| 10 | across | across | ADP | _ | 13 lake | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 lake | det |
| 12 | frozen | freeze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 lake | amod |
| 13 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 skate | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 ice | det |
| 16 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 cracks | nsubj |
| 17 | cracks | crack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 hop | cc |
| 19 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 hop | nsubj |
| 20 | hop | hop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 cracks | conj |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 safety | case |
| 22 | safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 hop | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 cracks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze | participle | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | crack | present | the ice | a cartoon | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location | ||||
| 3 | hop | present | penguin | safety | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to safety=Destination |
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's real?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 real | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
People drown when ice breaks; never go on it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 drown | nsubj |
| 2 | drown | drown | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 breaks | advmod |
| 4 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 breaks | nsubj |
| 5 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 drown | advcl |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 go | punct |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 go | advmod |
| 8 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 drown | conj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drown | present | People | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | break | present | ice | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | not go | infinitive | People not said here | ice | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on it=Location |
Option 2
Cracks only appear in cartoons
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cracks | crack | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 appear | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 appear | advmod |
| 3 | appear | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 cartoons | case |
| 5 | cartoons | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 appear | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | present | Cracks | cartoons | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location |
Option 3
You can always hop to safety if you're quick enough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 hop | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 hop | aux |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 hop | advmod |
| 4 | hop | hop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 safety | case |
| 6 | safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hop | obl |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 quick | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 quick | nsubj |
| 9 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 quick | cop |
| 10 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hop | advcl |
| 11 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 10 quick | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hop | can | You | safety | always property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to safety=Destination | |||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | you | enough, quick property | tree rules |
Option 4
Lake ice never breaks in winter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake | Lake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 ice | compound |
| 2 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 breaks | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 breaks | advmod |
| 4 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 winter | case |
| 6 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 breaks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not break | present | Lake ice | winter | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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