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Test 5 · ★★★ · Clever reasoning about water and matter

In the same cold weather, a lake freezes over but the sea beside it does not freeze. What is the best explanation?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: lake, sea, best explanation · What happens: freeze over, not freeze, be · To what, where: same cold weather

This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Clever reasoning about water and matter» of the world 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 the same cold weather, a lake freezes over but the sea beside it does not freeze.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	5 weather	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 weather	det
3	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 weather	amod
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 weather	amod
5	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 freezes	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 weather	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lake	det
8	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 freezes	nsubj
9	freezes	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	over	over	ADV	_	9 freezes	advmod
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 freeze	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sea	det
13	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 freeze	nsubj
14	beside	beside	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sea	nmod
16	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 freeze	aux
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 freeze	advmod
18	freeze	freeze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 freezes	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 freezes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze over	present	a lake			the same cold weather		over property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	not freeze	present · do-support	the sea beside lake						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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 best explanation?

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 explanation	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 explanation	amod
5	explanation	explanation	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 best explanation						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Seawater is always warmer from the Sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seawater	seawater	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 warmer	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 warmer	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 warmer	advmod
4	warmer	warm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 Sun	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Sun	det
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 warmer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Seawater			the Sun		always, warm property	tree rules

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

Seawater is salty and freezes at a lower temperature

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seawater	seawater	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 salty	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 salty	cop
3	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 freezes	cc
5	freezes	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 salty	conj
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 temperature	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 temperature	det
8	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 temperature	amod
9	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 freezes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Seawater					salty property	tree rules
2	freeze	present	Seawater not said here			a lower temperature			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Fish in the sea keep the water warm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 keep	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 sea	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sea	det
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fish	nmod
5	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obj
8	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Fish in the sea	the water				warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Option 4

Seawater is heavier than lake water, so it cannot freeze

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seawater	seawater	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heavier	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 heavier	cop
3	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	ADP	_	6 water	case
5	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 water	compound
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heavier	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 freeze	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 freeze	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 freeze	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 freeze	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 freeze	advmod
12	freeze	freeze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 heavier	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Seawater					than lake water; heavy property	tree rules
2	not freeze	can	Seawater						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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