Exam question 4 · Senses: nose, tongue and skin

Ascertain the reason for which lukewarm water feels cool to a hand previously immersed in warm water.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, lukewarm water · What happens: ascertain, feel, immerse · To what, where: reason, warm water

This is exam question 4 of lesson 70 «Senses: nose, tongue and skin» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 feels	obl
6	lukewarm	lukewarm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 water	amod
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 feels	nsubj
8	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl
9	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 feels	xcomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 hand	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 hand	det
12	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 feels	obl
13	previously	previously	ADV	_	14 immersed	advmod
14	immersed	immerse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 feels	advcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 water	case
16	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 water	amod
17	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 immersed	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	feel	present	lukewarm water			for the reason; to a hand; cool property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to hand=Experiencer
3	immerse	participle	lukewarm water not said here		warm water	previously property	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in water=Destination

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 · ← Mova's choice

Warm water damages the sensors for cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 water	amod
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 damages	nsubj
3	damages	damage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sensors	det
5	sensors	sensor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 damages	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 cold	case
7	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sensors	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	present	Warm water	the sensors				for cold	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sensor=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The skin perceives temperature relative to its preceding state

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 skin	det
2	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perceives	nsubj
3	perceives	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 relative	compound
5	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perceives	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 state	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 state	nmod:poss
8	preceding	precede	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 state	amod
9	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perceives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perceive	present	the skin	temperature relative				to skin's preceding state	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent relative=Theme to state=be'
2	precede	gerund							vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The hand loses all sensation in warm water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hand	det
2	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 loses	nsubj
3	loses	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 sensation	det
5	sensation	sensation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 loses	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 water	amod
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 loses	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present	the hand	all sensation		warm water			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sensation=Eventuality

Option 4

The water is itself cooled upon contact with the warmer hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cooled	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cooled	aux:pass
4	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	5 cooled	obl:unmarked
5	cooled	cool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 contact	case
7	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cooled	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 hand	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hand	det
10	warmer	warm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 hand	amod
11	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 contact	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cool	present · passive		the water				upon contact with the warmer hand; water obl:unmarked	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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