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description: my mum's mate said her kid licked an ice lolly straight from the freezer and his tongue got stuck and ripped off. what's probably blown up? Test 17 · ★ of lesson 217 «Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 17 · ★ · Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors

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my mum's mate said her kid licked an ice lolly straight from the freezer and his tongue got stuck and ripped off. what's probably blown up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, kid, tongue · **What happens:** say, lick, get, rip off, blow up · **To what, where:** ice lolly, freezer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 217 «Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors» of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:t17:1
# text = my mum's mate said her kid licked an ice lolly straight from the freezer and his tongue got stuck and ripped off. what's probably blown up?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	licked	lick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	lolly	lolly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	freezer	freezer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
20	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	xcomp	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	ripped	rip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	conj	_	_
23	off	off	ADP	RP	_	22	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
25	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	28	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
27	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
28	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
29	up	up	ADP	RP	_	28	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my mum's mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **lick** | past | mate's kid | a ice lolly |  | the freezer |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent lolly=Theme from freezer=Source |
| 3 | **get** | past | kid's tongue |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **rip off** | participle | kid's tongue *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **blow up** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Ripped off; but wet skin really can stick to very cold things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:t17:o1:1
# text = Ripped off; but wet skin really can stick to very cold things
1	Ripped	rip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
5	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	stick	stick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	very	very	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rip off** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **stick** | can | wet skin |  |  |  |  | to cold things | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to thing=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That tongues are wet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:t17:o2:1
# text = That tongues are wet
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	tongues	tongue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that tongues |  |  |  |  | wet *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That freezers make things freeze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:t17:o3:1
# text = That freezers make things freeze
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	freezers	freezer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	freeze	freeze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | that freezers | things |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **freeze** | infinitive | things *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That ice lollies are cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors:t17:o4:1
# text = That ice lollies are cold
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lollies	lolly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | ice lollies |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |

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**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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