The system (the water in the ice cube) increases in entropy (S), free energy (G) decreases, and heat is required, so H is positive. So, S= positive, H= positive, and G= negative. I'm not entirely sure on the free energy part, but reactions with negative values for G are spontaneous, and the melting of an ice cube is spontaneous, so it follows that G would be negative.
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