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title: why'd my hand jump off the hot pan before i even thought — The brain, nerves and the five senses · tree and pragmatics
description: why'd my hand jump off the hot pan before i even thought Test 10 · ★ of lesson 34 «The brain, nerves and the five senses» 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.
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# Test 10 · ★ · The brain, nerves and the five senses

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why'd my hand jump off the hot pan before i even thought

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hand, i · **What happens:** jump off, think · **To what, where:** hot pan

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 34 «The brain, nerves and the five senses» 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/34-brain-nerves-senses/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t10:1
# text = why'd my hand jump off the hot pan before i even thought
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	even	even	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump off** | infinitive | my hand | the hot pan |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pan=Trajectory |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | i |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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The hand muscles think for themselves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t10:o1:1
# text = The hand muscles think for themselves
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | the hand muscles |  |  |  |  | for muscles *= muscle* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The pan pushed the hand away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t10:o2:1
# text = The pan pushed the hand away
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pushed	push	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push away** | past | the pan | the hand |  |  |  | away *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It was a reflex, a quick automatic action

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t10:o3:1
# text = It was a reflex, a quick automatic action
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	reflex	reflex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	automatic	automatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a reflex and a quick automatic action |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The skin melted for a moment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t10:o4:1
# text = The skin melted for a moment
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | participle |  | the skin *not said here* |  |  | moment |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: 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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