Test 4 · Heat moves: hot to cold

Why do we put a radiator low down under a window rather than near the ceiling?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: we · What happens: put · To what, where: radiator, window

This is test 4 of lesson 23 «Heat moves: hot to cold» of the physics 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	4 put	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 put	aux
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 put	nsubj
4	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 radiator	det
6	radiator	radiator	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obj
7	low	low	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 down	advmod
8	down	down	ADV	_	4 put	advmod
9	under	under	ADP	_	11 window	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 window	det
11	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obl
12	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	16 ceiling	cc
13	than	than	ADP	_	12 rather	fixed
14	near	near	ADP	_	16 ceiling	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ceiling	det
16	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	present · do-support	we	a radiator		a window		down property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent radiator=Theme under window=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

Heat only travels downwards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 travels	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 travels	advmod
3	travels	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	downwards	downwards	ADV	_	3 travels	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	present	Heat					downwards property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Warm air rises and sets the whole room's air circling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 air	amod
2	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rises	nsubj
3	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sets	cc
5	sets	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rises	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 room	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 room	amod
8	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 circling	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 room	case
10	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 circling	compound
11	circling	circling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	present	Warm air						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	set	present	Warm air not said here	the whole room's air circling					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient circling=Result

Option 3

It does not matter at all where in the room it is fixed up

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	4 matter	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matter	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 matter	advmod
4	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 matter	obl
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 all	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 room	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 room	det
10	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 matter	obl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fixed	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 fixed	aux:pass
13	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 room	acl:relcl
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 fixed	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not matter	present · do-support	It			all		in the room	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	fix up	present · passive	the room not said here	room					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Radiators are too heavy for walls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Radiators	radiator	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 heavy	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 heavy	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 heavy	advmod
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 walls	case
6	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 heavy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Radiators					for walls; heavy property	tree rules

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