Test 4 · ★★★ · Keeping warm and keeping cool: insulation and sweat

A dog is panting hard in the back of a hot car with the windows shut. What should you do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog, you · What happens: pant, do · To what, where: back

This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 25 «Keeping warm and keeping cool: insulation and sweat» 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

Sentence 1: A dog is panting hard in the back of a hot car with the windows shut.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 panting	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 panting	aux
4	panting	pant	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 panting	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 back	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 back	det
8	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 panting	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 car	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 car	det
11	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 car	amod
12	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 back	nmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 windows	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 windows	det
15	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 panting	obl
16	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 windows	amod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 panting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pant	present · progressive	a dog			the back of a hot car		with the windows; hard property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «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.

Sentence 2: What should you do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	you						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Wait about an hour and then check whether the dog has cooled down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	about	about	ADV	_	4 hour	advmod
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hour	det
4	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 check	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 check	advmod
7	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
8	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	12 cooled	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dog	det
10	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cooled	nsubj:pass
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 cooled	aux
12	cooled	cool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 check	advcl
13	down	down	ADP	_	12 cooled	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		hour	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	check	infinitive	you not said here		then	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	cool down	present · perfect · passive		the dog		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 2

Leave it, dogs like warm cars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dogs	punct
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Leave	obj
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 cars	case
6	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cars	amod
7	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dogs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	it					vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme dog=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Get an adult to help at once, because it is an emergency

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 help	mark
5	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Get	xcomp
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 help	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 emergency	punct
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 emergency	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 emergency	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 emergency	cop
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 emergency	det
13	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here	a adult	tree rules
2	help	to-infinitive	a adult not said here		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	adult	a emergency	tree rules

Option 4

Give it a jumper to cover up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 jumper	det
4	jumper	jumper	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 cover	mark
6	cover	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Give	advcl
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 cover	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	a jumper	it				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient jumper=Theme
2	cover up	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

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