Test 12 · ★★★ · Thinking like a scientist: the body and physics

why's u sweat when u run, makes no sense

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, u sweat · What happens: be, run, make · To what, where: u sweat, sense

This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Thinking like a scientist: the body and physics» of the world 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 sweat	advmod
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sweat	cop
3	u	u	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sweat	amod
4	sweat	sweat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 makes	nsubj
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 run	mark
6	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 run	nsubj
7	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sweat	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sweat	punct
9	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 sense	det
11	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 makes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present		u sweat	tree rules
2	run	present	u		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	make	present	u sweat	no sense	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sense=Product

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 · ✓ the right answer

Evaporating sweat takes heat from the skin and cools you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Evaporating	evaporate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 takes	csubj
2	sweat	sweat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Evaporating	obj
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	from	from	ADP	_	7 skin	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 skin	det
7	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 takes	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cools	cc
9	cools	cool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 takes	conj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 cools	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	evaporate	gerund		sweat		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sweat=Patient
2	take	present	Evaporating	heat	the skin	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent heat=Theme from skin=Initial_Location
3	cool	present	Evaporating not said here	you		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent you=Patient

Option 2

Sweat is water the muscles do not want

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sweat	sweat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 water	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 water	cop
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 muscles	det
5	muscles	muscle	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 want	nsubj
6	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 want	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 want	advmod
8	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 water	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Sweat	water					tree rules
2	not want	present · do-support	the muscles	water not said here					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot water=Theme

Option 3

Sweat heats you so you run faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sweat	sweat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heats	nsubj
2	heats	heat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 heats	obj
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 run	advmod
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 run	nsubj
6	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 heats	advcl
7	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heat	present	Sweat	you					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent you=Patient
2	run	present	you					fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Sweat is the body getting rid of air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sweat	sweat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 body	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 body	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 body	det
4	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 body	acl
6	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 getting	xcomp
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 air	case
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Sweat	the body					tree rules
2	get	gerund	the body not said here					rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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