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Test 1 · Heat and temperature: how things warm and cool

You hold an ice cube in your hand. What really happens?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You · What happens: hold, happen · To what, where: ice cube, hand

This is test 1 of lesson 82 «Heat and temperature: how things warm and cool» 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: You hold an ice cube in your hand.

nsubjdetcompoundobjcasenmod:possoblpunctrootYouPRONholdVERBanDETiceNOUNcubeNOUNinADPyourPRONhandNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs2 holdnsubj
2holdholdVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 cubedet
4iceiceNOUNNumber=Sing5 cubecompound
5cubecubeNOUNNumber=Sing2 holdobj
6ininADP_8 handcase
7youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 handnmod:poss
8handhandNOUNNumber=Sing2 holdobl
9..PUNCT_2 holdpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1holdpresentYoua ice cubeyour handvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cube=Theme in hand=Location

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 really happens?

nsubjadvmodpunctrootWhatPRONreallyADVhappensVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 happensnsubj
2reallyreallyADV_3 happensadvmod
3happenshappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 happenspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpresentvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Heat flows from your hand into the ice

nsubjcasenmod:possoblcasedetoblrootHeatNOUNflowsVERBfromADPyourPRONhandNOUNintoADPtheDETiceNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HeatheatNOUNNumber=Sing2 flowsnsubj
2flowsflowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3fromfromADP_5 handcase
4youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 handnmod:poss
5handhandNOUNNumber=Sing2 flowsobl
6intointoADP_8 icecase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 icedet
8iceiceNOUNNumber=Sing2 flowsobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1flowpresentHeatyour handinto the icevn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing flows until the ice melts

nsubjmarkdetnsubjadvclrootNothingPRONflowsVERBuntilSCONJtheDETiceNOUNmeltsVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg2 flowsnsubj
2flowsflowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3untiluntilSCONJ_6 meltsmark
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 icedet
5iceiceNOUNNumber=Sing6 meltsnsubj
6meltsmeltVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 flowsadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1flowpresentNothingvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2meltpresentthe icevn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Heat flows from the ice into your hand

nsubjcasedetoblcasenmod:possoblrootHeatNOUNflowsVERBfromADPtheDETiceNOUNintoADPyourPRONhandNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HeatheatNOUNNumber=Sing2 flowsnsubj
2flowsflowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3fromfromADP_5 icecase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 icedet
5iceiceNOUNNumber=Sing2 flowsobl
6intointoADP_8 handcase
7youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 handnmod:poss
8handhandNOUNNumber=Sing2 flowsobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1flowpresentHeatthe iceinto your handvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Cold flows from the ice into your hand

nsubjcasedetoblcasenmod:possoblrootColdADJflowsVERBfromADPtheDETiceNOUNintoADPyourPRONhandNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ColdcoldADJDegree=Pos2 flowsnsubj
2flowsflowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3fromfromADP_5 icecase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 icedet
5iceiceNOUNNumber=Sing2 flowsobl
6intointoADP_8 handcase
7youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 handnmod:poss
8handhandNOUNNumber=Sing2 flowsobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1flowpresentColdthe iceinto your handvn 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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