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title: A girl in Minnesota comes in from the snow with icy hands. Her broth… — Sun, cold and growing up · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Minnesota comes in from the snow with icy hands. Her brother says to hold them by the fire. What is right? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 86 «Sun, cold and growing up» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Sun, cold and growing up

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A girl in Minnesota comes in from the snow with icy hands. Her brother says to hold them by the fire. What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, brother · **What happens:** come in, say, hold, be · **To what, where:** snow, hands · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 86 «Sun, cold and growing up» 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/86-sun-cold-and-growing-up/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Minnesota comes in from the snow with icy hands.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:86-sun-cold-and-growing-up:t3:1
# text = A girl in Minnesota comes in from the snow with icy hands.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Minnesota	Minnesota	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	icy	icy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come in** | present | a girl in Minnesota |  |  | the snow with icy hands |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from snow=Initial\_Location |

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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:* Her brother says to hold them by the fire.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:86-sun-cold-and-growing-up:t3:2
# text = Her brother says to hold them by the fire.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	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	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 | girl's brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hold** | to-infinitive | girl's brother *not said here* | hands *= hand* |  |  |  | by the fire | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme by fire=Location |

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*Sentence 3:* What is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:86-sun-cold-and-growing-up:t3:3
# text = What is right?
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	right	right	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 |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Hold them by the fire, it is fastest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:86-sun-cold-and-growing-up:t3:o1:1
# text = Hold them by the fire, it is fastest
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	fastest	fast	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | by the fire | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme by fire=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | fire |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rub them with snow first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:86-sun-cold-and-growing-up:t3:o2:1
# text = Rub them with snow first
1	Rub	rub	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Put them straight into a bowl of very hot water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:86-sun-cold-and-growing-up:t3:o3:1
# text = Put them straight into a bowl of very hot water
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  | a bowl of hot water |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Warm them gently, as numb skin burns easily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:86-sun-cold-and-growing-up:t3:o4:1
# text = Warm them gently, as numb skin burns easily
1	Warm	warm	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	numb	numb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	8	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* | them *= they* |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **burn** | present | numb skin |  |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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