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title: Maisie: «Biscuit! I'm coming!» What would likely happen if she went… — Ice on ponds and cold water in winter · tree and pragmatics
description: Maisie: «Biscuit! I'm coming!» What would likely happen if she went out? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 74 «Ice on ponds and cold water in winter» of the medicine 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 2 · ★★ · Ice on ponds and cold water in winter

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Maisie: «Biscuit! I'm coming!» What would likely happen if she went out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, Maisie · **What happens:** come, happen, go out

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 74 «Ice on ponds and cold water in winter» of the medicine 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/medicine/74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Maisie: «Biscuit!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t2:1
# text = Maisie: «Biscuit!
1	Maisie	Maisie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Biscuit	biscuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* I'm coming!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t2:2
# text = I'm coming!»
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present · progressive | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What would likely happen if she went out?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t2:3
# text = What would likely happen if she went out?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go out** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Maisie |  |  |  |  |  | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The dog would sink and she'd be fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t2:o1:1
# text = The dog would sink and she'd be fine
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	sink	sink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | would | the dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | would | dog |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The ice would get thicker under her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t2:o2:1
# text = The ice would get thicker under her
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	thicker	thick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | the ice |  |  |  |  | thick *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Two in the water instead of one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t2:o3:1
# text = Two in the water instead of one
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	7	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She'd carry Biscuit back safely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t2:o4:1
# text = She'd carry Biscuit back safely
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	Biscuit	Biscuit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry back** | would | She | Biscuit |  |  |  | safely *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent biscuit=Theme |

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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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