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title: oi, don't stick your hand over the spout, the white stuff's just mis… — Melting, freezing and boiling · tree and pragmatics
description: oi, don't stick your hand over the spout, the white stuff's just mist innit. What's the truth? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Melting, freezing and boiling» 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 10 · ★★ · Melting, freezing and boiling

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oi, don't stick your hand over the spout, the white stuff's just mist innit. What's the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, truth · **What happens:** not stick, be · **To what, where:** hand, spout

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Melting, freezing and boiling» 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/24-melting-freezing-and-boiling/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* oi, don't stick your hand over the spout, the white stuff's just mist innit.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:24-melting-freezing-and-boiling:t10:1
# text = oi, don't stick your hand over the spout, the white stuff's just mist innit.
1	oi	oi	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	stick	stick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	spout	spout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	just	just	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	mist	mist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stick** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | your hand |  | the spout and the white stuff's mist innit |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme over spout=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 the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:24-melting-freezing-and-boiling:t10:2
# text = What's the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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It is scalding hot, and the invisible steam below it is too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:24-melting-freezing-and-boiling:t10:o1:1
# text = It is scalding hot, and the invisible steam below it is too
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	scalding	scald	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	below	below	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
12	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
13	too	too	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scald** | present · progressive | It | the invisible steam below steam |  |  |  | hot *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **be** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is dust and will just make you sneeze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:24-melting-freezing-and-boiling:t10:o2:1
# text = It is dust and will just make you sneeze
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	sneeze	sneeze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | dust |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | future |  | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sneeze** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is cool mist and harmless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:24-melting-freezing-and-boiling:t10:o3:1
# text = It is cool mist and harmless
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	mist	mist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | cool mist |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only the kettle body is hot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:24-melting-freezing-and-boiling:t10:o4:1
# text = Only the kettle body is hot
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the kettle body |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |

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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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