Test 5 · ★★ · Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather

Why does a wet coat make you feel cold so fast?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: do, make, feel · To what, where: wet coat, you

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather» of the everyday 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	2 does	advmod
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 make	conj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 coat	det
4	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 coat	amod
5	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
6	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 make	obj
8	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 make	xcomp
9	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 feel	xcomp
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 fast	advmod
11	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 feel	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	present		a wet coat		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Eventuality
2	make	present		you		tree rules
3	feel	infinitive	you not said here		cold, fast property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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

Rain is always colder than snow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 colder	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 colder	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 colder	advmod
4	colder	cold	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 snow	case
6	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 colder	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Rain					than snow; always, cold property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Water makes the wind stronger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wind	det
4	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Water	the wind				strong property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wind=Product

Option 3

Wet clothes are heavier, so you get tired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 clothes	amod
2	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 heavier	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 heavier	cop
4	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 get	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 get	advmod
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 get	nsubj
8	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 heavier	advcl
9	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Wet clothes					heavy property	tree rules
2	get	present	you					tired property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Being wet takes heat away from the body quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 wet	cop
2	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 takes	csubj
3	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 takes	obj
5	away	away	ADV	_	3 takes	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 body	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 body	det
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 takes	obl
9	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	3 takes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						wet property	tree rules
2	take away	present		heat		the body		away, quickly property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme from body=Initial_Location

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