--- title: A boy burns his hand on a hot marshmallow. His friend fetches ice. W… — Campfires, cold nights and rivers · tree and pragmatics description: A boy burns his hand on a hot marshmallow. His friend fetches ice. What is better? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 231 «Campfires, cold nights and rivers» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Campfires, cold nights and rivers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Campfires, cold nights and rivers A boy burns his hand on a hot marshmallow. His friend fetches ice. What is better? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, friend · **What happens:** burn, fetch, be · **To what, where:** hand, hot marshmallow, ice This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 231 «Campfires, cold nights and rivers» 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/231-campfires-and-rivers/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A boy burns his hand on a hot marshmallow. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:231-campfires-and-rivers:t3:1 # text = A boy burns his hand on a hot marshmallow. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 burns burn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 marshmallow marshmallow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | present | a boy | boy's hand | | a hot marshmallow | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hand=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. *Sentence 2:* His friend fetches ice. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:231-campfires-and-rivers:t3:2 # text = His friend fetches ice. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fetches fetch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fetch** | present | boy's friend | ice | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ice=Theme | *Sentence 3:* What is better? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:231-campfires-and-rivers:t3:3 # text = What is better? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Ice held on hard for a whole hour ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:231-campfires-and-rivers:t3:o1:1 # text = Ice held on hard for a whole hour 1 Ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | participle | | Ice *not said here* | | hard | hour | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hard=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Toothpaste rubbed in ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:231-campfires-and-rivers:t3:o2:1 # text = Toothpaste rubbed in 1 Toothpaste toothpaste NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 rubbed rub VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rub in** | participle | | Toothpaste *not said here* | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Butter spread thickly over it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:231-campfires-and-rivers:t3:o3:1 # text = Butter spread thickly over it 1 Butter butter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 thickly thickly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 over over ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | past | Butter | | | it | | thickly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over it=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Cool running water for 20 minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:231-campfires-and-rivers:t3:o4:1 # text = Cool running water for 20 minutes 1 Cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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. 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