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title: In a cartoon a penguin and a boy skate across a frozen lake, the ice… — Ice on ponds and cold water in winter · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a penguin and a boy skate across a frozen lake, the ice cracks and they hop to safety. What's real? Test 8 · ★★ 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 optio
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Ice on ponds and cold water in winter

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In a cartoon a penguin and a boy skate across a frozen lake, the ice cracks and they hop to safety. What's real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ice, penguin · **What happens:** freeze, crack, hop, be · **To what, where:** cartoon, safety

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a penguin and a boy skate across a frozen lake, the ice cracks and they hop to safety.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t8:1
# text = In a cartoon a penguin and a boy skate across a frozen lake, the ice cracks and they hop to safety.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	penguin	penguin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	skate	skate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	across	across	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	cracks	crack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	hop	hop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **crack** | present | the ice |  |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location |
| 3 | **hop** | present | penguin |  |  | safety |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to safety=Destination |

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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:* What's real?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t8:2
# text = What's real?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	real	real	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 |  |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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People drown when ice breaks; never go on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t8:o1:1
# text = People drown when ice breaks; never go on it
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drown	drown	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | present | People |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **break** | present | ice |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **go** | infinitive | People *not said here* |  |  | ice |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on it=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cracks only appear in cartoons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t8:o2:1
# text = Cracks only appear in cartoons
1	Cracks	crack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	appear	appear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | present | Cracks |  |  | cartoons |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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You can always hop to safety if you're quick enough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t8:o3:1
# text = You can always hop to safety if you're quick enough
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	hop	hop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
11	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hop** | can | You |  |  | safety |  | always *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to safety=Destination |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | enough, quick *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Lake ice never breaks in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t8:o4:1
# text = Lake ice never breaks in winter
1	Lake	Lake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **break** | present | Lake ice |  |  |  | winter |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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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