--- title: An ice lolly is left in the sunshine. What happens and why? — Melting, freezing and boiling · tree and pragmatics description: An ice lolly is left in the sunshine. What happens and why? Test 2 of lesson 12 «Melting, freezing and boiling» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/12-melting-freezing-boiling/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Melting, freezing and boiling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/12-melting-freezing-boiling/) / t2 # Test 2 · Melting, freezing and boiling An ice lolly is left in the sunshine. What happens and why? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** leave, happen · **To what, where:** ice lolly, sunshine This is test 2 of lesson 12 «Melting, freezing and boiling» of the world 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/world/12-melting-freezing-boiling/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* An ice lolly is left in the sunshine. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:12-melting-freezing-boiling:t2:1 # text = An ice lolly is left in the sunshine. 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 lolly lolly NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | present · passive | | a ice lolly | | the sunshine | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in sunshine=Location | 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. *Sentence 2:* What happens and why? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:12-melting-freezing-boiling:t2:2 # text = What happens and why? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It turns straight into a gas ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:12-melting-freezing-boiling:t2:o1:1 # text = It turns straight into a gas 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 straight straight ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 gas gas NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | It | | | a gas | | straight *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into gas=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It melts because it takes in heat ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:12-melting-freezing-boiling:t2:o2:1 # text = It melts because it takes in heat 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 melts melt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 in in ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | present | It | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **take in** | present | it | heat | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It freezes harder in the bright light ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:12-melting-freezing-boiling:t2:o3:1 # text = It freezes harder in the bright light 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 freezes freeze VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 harder hard ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freeze** | present | It | | | the bright light | | hard *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It boils because the Sun is hot ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:12-melting-freezing-boiling:t2:o4:1 # text = It boils because the Sun is hot 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 boils boil VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boil** | present | It | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | the Sun | | | | | hot *property* | tree rules | **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. 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