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title: Ben: «sound (fine), I'm not even cold». Half an hour later he mumble… — Ice on ponds and cold water in winter · tree and pragmatics
description: Ben: «sound (fine), I'm not even cold». Half an hour later he mumbles. Why can't he tell? Test 5 · ★★ 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 ri
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Ice on ponds and cold water in winter

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Ben: «sound (fine), I'm not even cold». Half an hour later he mumbles. Why can't he tell?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, Ben · **What happens:** not be, mumble, not tell · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ben: «sound (fine), I'm not even cold».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t5:1
# text = Ben: «sound (fine), I'm not even cold».
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	even	even	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |

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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:* Half an hour later he mumbles.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t5:2
# text = Half an hour later he mumbles.
1	Half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	mumbles	mumble	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mumble** *speech: other* | present | Ben |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Why can't he tell?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t5:3
# text = Why can't he tell?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	tell	tell	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 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | can | Ben |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He's lying to look tough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t5:o1:1
# text = He's lying to look tough
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
6	tough	tough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present · progressive | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tough *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shivering means you're warming up nicely again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t5:o2:1
# text = Shivering means you're warming up nicely again
1	Shivering	shivering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	warming	warm	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	nicely	nicely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Shivering |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **warm up** | present · progressive | you |  |  |  | again | nicely *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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When the body gets too cold you stop noticing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t5:o3:1
# text = When the body gets too cold you stop noticing
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	noticing	notice	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | the body |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **stop** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **notice** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wet jeans warm you up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t5:o4:1
# text = Wet jeans warm you up
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	jeans	jeans	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	3	nsubj	_	_
3	warm	warm	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warm up** | present | Wet jeans | you |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent you=Patient |

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