Test 1 · Heat moves: hot to cold
My little bro says the ice gives "cold" to your hand. How would you put him right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: little bro, ice, you · What happens: say, give, put · To what, where: cold, hand, ice · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 23 «Heat moves: hot to cold» 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
Sentence 1: My little bro says the ice gives "cold" to your hand.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 bro | nmod:poss |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bro | amod |
| 3 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 ice | det |
| 6 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gives | nsubj |
| 7 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | ccomp |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 cold | punct |
| 9 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 gives | obj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 cold | punct |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 hand | case |
| 12 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 hand | nmod:poss |
| 13 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gives | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | My little bro | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | give | present | the ice | cold | your hand | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent cold=Theme to hand=Recipient |
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: How would you put him right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 put | advmod |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 put | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 put | nsubj |
| 4 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 put | obj |
| 6 | right | right | ADV | _ | 4 put | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | would | you | ice | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1
Ice gives out cold rays
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gives | nsubj |
| 2 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 gives | compound:prt |
| 4 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 rays | amod |
| 5 | rays | ray | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 gives | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give out | present | Ice | cold rays | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent ray=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Your hand gives heat to the ice; cold is not a thing that moves
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 hand | nmod:poss |
| 2 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | nsubj |
| 3 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 ice | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ice | det |
| 7 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | obl |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 thing | punct |
| 9 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 thing | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 thing | cop |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 thing | advmod |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 thing | det |
| 13 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | parataxis |
| 14 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 moves | nsubj |
| 15 | moves | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 thing | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Your hand | heat | the ice | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent heat=Theme to ice=Recipient | |||
| 2 | not is a | present | cold | a thing | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | move | present | a thing | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Hand and ice swap their colours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swap | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 ice | cc |
| 3 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hand | conj |
| 4 | swap | swap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 colours | nmod:poss |
| 6 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 swap | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swap | present | Hand and ice | Hand's colours | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Theme |
Option 4
He's right, cold flows into your hand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | 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 | _ | 6 flows | punct |
| 5 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 flows | nsubj |
| 6 | flows | flow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | advcl |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 hand | case |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 hand | nmod:poss |
| 9 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 flows | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | flow | present | cold | your hand | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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