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Test 9 · ★★ · Ice on ponds and cold water in winter

Freya: «we'll stop way before the pond, sure we will». Why might she not?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Freya · What happens: stop · To what, where: way

This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Freya: «we'll stop way before the pond, sure we will».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Freya	Freya	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 stop	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 stop	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 stop	punct
4	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 stop	nsubj
5	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 stop	aux
6	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stop	obj
8	before	before	ADP	_	10 pond	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pond	det
10	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stop	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sure	punct
12	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 pond	amod
13	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 will	nsubj
14	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 sure	ccomp
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 sure	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop in a quote	future	Freya	way			before the pond		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector way=Eventuality

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: Why might she not?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 not	nsubj
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 might	ccomp
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Ponds pull sledges towards them as they go downhill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ponds	pond	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pull	nsubj
2	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sledges	sledge	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pull	obj
4	towards	towards	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pull	obl
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 go	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 go	nsubj
8	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 pull	advcl
9	downhill	downhill	ADV	_	8 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	present	Ponds	sledges				towards sledges = sledge	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sledge=Theme towards they=Destination
2	go	present	Ponds = pond					downhill property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

She can steer like a car

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 steer	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 steer	aux
3	steer	steer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 car	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 car	det
6	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 steer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steer	can	She					like a car	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

Sledges are hard to stop on packed snow and ice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sledges	sledge	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hard	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hard	cop
3	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stop	mark
5	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hard	xcomp
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 snow	case
7	packed	packed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 snow	amod
8	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stop	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ice	cc
10	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 snow	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Sledges					hard property	tree rules
2	stop	to-infinitive	Sledges not said here			packed snow and ice			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Sledges always stop on their own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sledges	sledge	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stop	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 stop	advmod
3	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 own	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 own	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	Sledges			Sledges's own		always property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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