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title: «lick the metal ice tray straight out the freezer, dare ya» What is… — Keeping cold: fridges, freezers and he… · tree and pragmatics
description: «lick the metal ice tray straight out the freezer, dare ya» What is the safe answer? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Keeping cold: fridges, freezers and heat pumps» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Keeping cold: fridges, freezers and heat pumps

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«lick the metal ice tray straight out the freezer, dare ya» What is the safe answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** lick, dare, be · **To what, where:** ice tray, ya, safe answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Keeping cold: fridges, freezers and heat pumps» of the technology 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/technology/10-keeping-cold-fridges-freezers-and-heat-pumps/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:10-keeping-cold-fridges-freezers-and-heat-pumps:t2:1
# text = «lick the metal ice tray straight out the freezer, dare ya» What is the safe answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	lick	lick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	csubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tray	tray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	freezer	freezer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	dare	dare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
13	ya	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lick** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the ice tray |  |  |  | the freezer *obl*; out *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tray=Theme |
| 2 | **dare** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  | ya |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
| 3 | **be** *speech: assert* | present |  | the safe answer |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only plastic trays can stick to tongues, metal ones never can

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:10-keeping-cold-fridges-freezers-and-heat-pumps:t2:o1:1
# text = Only plastic trays can stick to tongues, metal ones never can
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	trays	tray	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	stick	stick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	tongues	tongue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick** | can | plastic trays |  |  |  |  | to tongues and metal ones | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Don't: frozen metal can stick to your tongue and hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:10-keeping-cold-fridges-freezers-and-heat-pumps:t2:o2:1
# text = Don't: frozen metal can stick to your tongue and hurt
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	stick	stick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | infinitive | frozen metal *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **stick** | can | frozen metal |  |  |  |  | to your tongue | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **hurt** | infinitive | frozen metal *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Licking warms the metal, so it is safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:10-keeping-cold-fridges-freezers-and-heat-pumps:t2:o3:1
# text = Licking warms the metal, so it is safe
1	Licking	lick	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	warms	warm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lick** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **warm** | present |  | the metal |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent metal=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present | metal |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Do it, cold metal cannot stick to skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:10-keeping-cold-fridges-freezers-and-heat-pumps:t2:o4:1
# text = Do it, cold metal cannot stick to skin
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	stick	stick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **stick** | can | cold metal |  |  |  |  | to skin | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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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