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title: the pond's frozen solid, dare ya to walk across. do it? — Water safety and the ocean · tree and pragmatics
description: the pond's frozen solid, dare ya to walk across. do it? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 13 «Water safety and the ocean» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Water safety and the ocean

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the pond's frozen solid, dare ya to walk across. do it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pond · **What happens:** freeze, dare, walk, do · **To what, where:** pond, ya

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This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 13 «Water safety and the ocean» of the physics 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/physics/13-water-safety-and-the-ocean/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:13-water-safety-and-the-ocean:t2:1
# text = the pond's frozen solid, dare ya to walk across. do it?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	dare	dare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	ya	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
11	across	across	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
13	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | participle |  | the pond *not said here* |  |  |  | solid *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **dare** | infinitive | the pond | ya |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **walk** | to-infinitive | the pond *not said here* |  |  |  |  | across *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **do** | infinitive | the pond *not said here* | pond |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, frozen means safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:13-water-safety-and-the-ocean:t2:o1:1
# text = Yes, frozen means safe
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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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 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, if you walk fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:13-water-safety-and-the-ocean:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, if you walk fast
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | you |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, if you take off your shoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:13-water-safety-and-the-ocean:t2:o3:1
# text = Yes, if you take off your shoes
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take off** | present | you | your shoes |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme |

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

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No, the ice can be too thin even if it looks solid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:13-water-safety-and-the-ocean:t2:o4:1
# text = No, the ice can be too thin even if it looks solid
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
13	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | the ice |  |  |  |  | thin *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | ice |  |  |  |  | solid *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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