Test 2 · ★★★ · Water safety and the ocean

the pond's frozen solid, dare ya to walk across. do it?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: pond · What happens: freeze, dare, walk, do · To what, where: pond, ya

This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 13 «Water safety and the ocean» of the physics 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pond	det
2	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dare	nsubj
3	's	's	PART	_	2 pond	case
4	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pond	acl
5	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 frozen	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 dare	punct
7	dare	dare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	ya	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 dare	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 walk	mark
10	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 dare	xcomp
11	across	across	ADV	_	10 walk	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 dare	punct
13	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 dare	xcomp
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 do	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 dare	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	freeze	participle		the pond not said here	solid property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	dare	infinitive	the pond	ya		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
3	walk	to-infinitive	the pond not said here		across property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	do	infinitive	the pond not said here	pond		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, frozen means safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 frozen	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 means	xcomp

#	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	mean	present						safe property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, if you walk fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 walk	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 walk	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 walk	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 walk	nsubj
5	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present	you					fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes, if you take off your shoes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 take	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 take	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 take	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 take	nsubj
5	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 take	compound:prt
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 shoes	nmod:poss
8	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take off	present	you	your shoes					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, the ice can be too thin even if it looks solid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 thin	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ice	det
4	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thin	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 thin	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 thin	cop
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 thin	advmod
8	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	even	even	ADV	_	12 looks	advmod
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 looks	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 looks	nsubj
12	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 thin	advcl
13	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 looks	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	the ice					thin property	tree rules
2	look a condition, not said to happen	present	ice					solid property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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