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title: can i lick the frozen pole for a dare — Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer,… · tree and pragmatics
description: can i lick the frozen pole for a dare Test 11 · ★ of lesson 294 «Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on balconies» 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 11 · ★ · Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on b…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
can i lick the frozen pole for a dare

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** lick, freeze · **To what, where:** frozen pole

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 294 «Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on balconies» 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/294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:t11:1
# text = can i lick the frozen pole for a dare
1	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lick	lick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dare	dare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lick** | can | i | the frozen pole |  |  |  | for a dare | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent pole=Source |
| 2 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if you're quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:t11:o1:1
# text = Yes, if you're quick
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	quick	quick	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 | you |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it melts as soon as you touch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, it melts as soon as you touch
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	melts	melt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	touch	touch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | present | it |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **touch** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, wet skin freezes and sticks to it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:t11:o3:1
# text = No, wet skin freezes and sticks to it
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	freezes	freeze	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sticks	stick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
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 | **freeze** | present | wet skin |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **stick** | present | wet skin *not said here* |  | skin |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to it=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only with a warm tongue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:t11:o4:1
# text = Only with a warm tongue
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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