Test 9 · Heat and temperature: how things warm and cool

Which thing is the best way to keep ice cream cold on a picnic?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: thing · What happens: be, keep · To what, where: best way, ice cream

This is test 9 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 thing	det
2	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 way	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 way	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 keep	mark
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 way	acl
9	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cream	compound
10	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keep	obj
11	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 keep	xcomp
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 picnic	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 picnic	det
14	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cold	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	which thing	the best way					tree rules
2	keep	to-infinitive		ice cream				cold property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cream=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice

Put it in a thin metal tin out in the sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	7 tin	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tin	det
5	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tin	amod
6	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tin	compound
7	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
8	out	out	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 sun	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sun	det
11	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	it		a thin metal tin		in the sun; out property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in tin=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Wrap it in a thick blanket or a cool box

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrap	wrap	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Wrap	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 blanket	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 blanket	det
5	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 blanket	amod
6	blanket	blanket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wrap	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 box	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 box	det
9	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 box	amod
10	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blanket	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	imperative	you not said here	it		a thick blanket or a cool box			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in blanket=Destination

Option 3

Leave the lid open so that the cold stays in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lid	det
3	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obj
4	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Leave	xcomp
5	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	9 stays	mark
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 so	fixed
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cold	det
8	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stays	nsubj
9	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	advcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	9 stays	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	the lid				open property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Theme
2	stay in	present	the cold						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Wrap it up tightly in black plastic in the sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrap	wrap	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Wrap	obj
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 Wrap	compound:prt
4	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	1 Wrap	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 plastic	case
6	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 plastic	amod
7	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wrap	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 sun	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sun	det
10	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wrap	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap up	imperative	you not said here	it		black plastic		in the sun; tightly property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in plastic=Destination

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