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title: A boy burns his finger on a hot marshmallow stick. His friend says t… — Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, c… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy burns his finger on a hot marshmallow stick. His friend says to put butter on it. What is true? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 325 «Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, cliff edges, trail markers, quarries, campfire burns, river crossings, bridges and pool safety» of the everyday course of Mova's prima
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, cliff edges, trail ma…

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A boy burns his finger on a hot marshmallow stick. His friend says to put butter on it. What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, friend · **What happens:** burn, say, put, be · **To what, where:** finger, hot marshmallow stick, butter · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 325 «Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, cliff edges, trail markers, quarries, campfire burns, river crossings, bridges and pool safety» 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/325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy burns his finger on a hot marshmallow stick.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t5:1
# text = A boy burns his finger on a hot marshmallow stick.
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	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	marshmallow	marshmallow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | present | a boy | boy's finger |  | a hot marshmallow stick |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent finger=Theme |

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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:* His friend says to put butter on it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t5:2
# text = His friend says to put butter on it.
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	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
6	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | boy's friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **put** | to-infinitive |  | butter |  |  |  | on friend | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent butter=Theme on it=Destination |

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*Sentence 3:* What is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t5:3
# text = What is true?
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	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Ice for an hour is better than water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t5:o1:1
# text = Ice for an hour is better than water
1	Ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Ice for a hour |  |  |  |  | than water; good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Butter makes it worse; cool it under running water for 20 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t5:o2:1
# text = Butter makes it worse; cool it under running water for 20 minutes
1	Butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	cool	cool	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Butter | it |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material it=Product |
| 2 | **cool** | infinitive |  | Butter |  | running water | minute |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A burn should be left alone and covered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t5:o3:1
# text = A burn should be left alone and covered
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	burn	burn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | should · passive |  | a burn |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **cover** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Butter is the best thing for burns, because it soothes and seals the skin

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t5:o4:1
# text = Butter is the best thing for burns, because it soothes and seals the skin
1	Butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	burns	burn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	soothes	soothe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	seals	seal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Butter | the best thing |  |  |  | for burns | tree rules |
| 2 | **soothe** | present | Butter |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **seal** | present | Butter *not said here* | the skin |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient |

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