Test 11 · ★ · Wolves and dogs

Why is panting a good way for a dog to cool down, but not much use on a very humid day?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: pant, cool down, not use · To what, where: good way

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 24 «Wolves and dogs» of the biology 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 panting	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 panting	aux
3	panting	pant	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 way	det
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 panting	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 dog	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dog	det
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 panting	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 cool	mark
11	cool	cool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 panting	advcl
12	down	down	ADP	_	11 cool	compound:prt
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 use	punct
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 use	cc
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 use	advmod
16	much	much	ADV	_	17 use	advmod
17	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 panting	conj
18	on	on	ADP	_	22 day	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 day	det
20	very	very	ADV	_	21 humid	advmod
21	humid	humid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 day	amod
22	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 use	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 panting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	pant	present · progressive	a good way		for a dog	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic
2	cool down	to-infinitive				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	not use	infinitive		day		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

It works by evaporation, and wet air slows evaporation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 works	nsubj
2	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 evaporation	case
4	evaporation	evaporation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 works	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 slows	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 slows	cc
7	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 air	amod
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 slows	nsubj
9	slows	slow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 works	parataxis
10	evaporation	evaporation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 slows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	It					by evaporation	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	slow	present	wet air	evaporation					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent evaporation=Patient

Option 2

Humid air makes dogs' tongues smaller

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Humid	humid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 air	amod
2	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tongues	nmod:poss
5	'	's	PART	_	4 dogs	case
6	tongues	tongue	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 makes	obj
7	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Humid air	dogs's tongues				small property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tongue=Product

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Dogs stop breathing on humid days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stop	nsubj
2	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	breathing	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stop	xcomp
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 days	case
5	humid	humid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 days	amod
6	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 breathing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	Dogs						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	breathe	gerund	Dogs not said here				day		vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Panting only works in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Panting	pant	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 works	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 works	advmod
3	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 winter	case
5	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 works	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pant	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	work	present					winter		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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