--- title: my brother says road salt melts ice however cold it is. right? — Clever reasoning about water and matter · tree and pragmatics description: my brother says road salt melts ice however cold it is. right? Test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Clever reasoning about water and matter» 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/20-reasoning-water-and-matter/t13/) [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/) / [Clever reasoning about water and matter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/20-reasoning-water-and-matter/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★★★ · Clever reasoning about water and matter my brother says road salt melts ice however cold it is. right? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother, road salt, ice · **What happens:** say, melt, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Clever reasoning about water and matter» 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/20-reasoning-water-and-matter/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:20-reasoning-water-and-matter:t13:1 # text = my brother says road salt melts ice however cold it is. right? 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 melts melt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 however however ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 cold col VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 13 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my brother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **melt** | present | road salt | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | ice | | | | | col, however *property* | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, in very hard frost even salty water freezes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:20-reasoning-water-and-matter:t13:o1:1 # text = No, in very hard frost even salty water freezes 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 frost frost NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 salty salty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 freezes freeze VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freeze** | present | hard frost salty water | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, salt only works on snow, not ice ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:20-reasoning-water-and-matter:t13:o2:1 # text = No, salt only works on snow, not ice 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | salt | ice | | | | on snow | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on snow=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, the colder it is the better salt works ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:20-reasoning-water-and-matter:t13:o3:1 # text = Yes, the colder it is the better salt works 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 colder cold ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | the colder better salt | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **work** | present | the colder better salt | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Yes, salt melts ice at any temperature ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:20-reasoning-water-and-matter:t13:o4:1 # text = Yes, salt melts ice at any temperature 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 melts melt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 temperature temperature NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | present | salt | ice | | any temperature | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient ice=Result | **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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