--- title: got a magnifying glass, gonna burn some ants — Snow, ice and strong sun · tree and pragmatics description: got a magnifying glass, gonna burn some ants Test 13 · ★★ of lesson 234 «Snow, ice and strong sun» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/t13/) [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/) / [Snow, ice and strong sun](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★★ · Snow, ice and strong sun got a magnifying glass, gonna burn some ants **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** get, magnify, burn · **To what, where:** magnifying glass, ants This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 234 «Snow, ice and strong sun» 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/234-snow-ice-and-sun/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t13:1 # text = got a magnifying glass, gonna burn some ants 1 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 magnifying magnify VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 7 dep _ _ 7 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 8 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 9 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | | a magnifying glass | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer glass=Stimulus | | 2 | **magnify** | gerund | | | | | | | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **burn** | infinitive | | some ants | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ant=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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Only in strong sun at midday when it works best ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t13:o1:1 # text = Only in strong sun at midday when it works best 1 Only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 midday midday NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | midday | | | | | well *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, ants don't feel it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t13:o2:1 # text = Yes, ants don't feel it 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **feel** | present · do-support | ants | it | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, never point it at anything, it can start a fire ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t13:o3:1 # text = No, never point it at anything, it can start a fire 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 point point VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **point** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | anything | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **start** | can | it | a fire | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, it's fine if you do it on dry grass ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t13:o4:1 # text = Yes, it's fine if you do it on dry grass 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | it | | dry grass | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | **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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