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title: A boy in Alberta has numb, white cheeks after a cold walk. What shou… — The night sky and outdoor myths · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in Alberta has numb, white cheeks after a cold walk. What should his family do? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 240 «The night sky and outdoor myths» 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.
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# Test 6 · ★★ · The night sky and outdoor myths

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A boy in Alberta has numb, white cheeks after a cold walk. What should his family do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, family · **What happens:** have, do · **To what, where:** numb white cheeks

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 240 «The night sky and outdoor myths» 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/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Alberta has numb, white cheeks after a cold walk.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t6:1
# text = A boy in Alberta has numb, white cheeks after a cold walk.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Alberta	Alberta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	numb	numb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a boy in Alberta | numb white cheeks |  |  | after a cold walk |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheek=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should his family do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t6:2
# text = What should his family do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | boy's family |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Rub his cheeks hard with clean snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t6:o1:1
# text = Rub his cheeks hard with clean snow
1	Rub	rub	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | imperative | you *not said here* | his cheeks |  |  |  | with clean snow; hard *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent cheek=Destination with snow=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Send him back outside to get used to it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t6:o2:1
# text = Send him back outside to get used to it
1	Send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send back** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | outside *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **use** | to-infinitive · passive | you *not said here* |  | it |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V» |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Warm his cheeks slowly indoors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t6:o3:1
# text = Warm his cheeks slowly indoors
1	Warm	warm	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warm** | imperative | you *not said here* | his cheeks |  |  |  | indoors, slowly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cheek=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Put his face near a hot fire at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t6:o4:1
# text = Put his face near a hot fire at once
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | his face |  | a hot fire |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent face=Theme near fire=Destination |

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