Test 5 · ★★★ · Thinking like a scientist: the body and physics
In a cold room you start to shiver without deciding to. What is your body doing?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, body · What happens: start, shiver, decide, do · To what, where: cold room
This is test 5 · ★★★ 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
Sentence 1: In a cold room you start to shiver without deciding to.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 room | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 room | det |
| 3 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 room | amod |
| 4 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 start | obl |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 start | nsubj |
| 6 | start | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 shiver | mark |
| 8 | shiver | shiver | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 start | xcomp |
| 9 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 10 deciding | mark |
| 10 | deciding | decide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 shiver | advcl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 deciding | xcomp |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 start | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | you | a cold room | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | shiver | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn body_internal_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | decide | gerund | you not said here | vn correspond-36.1-1 «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 is your body doing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 doing | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 doing | aux |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 body | nmod:poss |
| 4 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 doing | nsubj |
| 5 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 doing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · progressive | your body | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Sending all the blood to the fingers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sending | send | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 blood | det:predet |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 blood | det |
| 4 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sending | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 fingers | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fingers | det |
| 7 | fingers | finger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Sending | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | gerund | all blood | the fingers | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent blood=Theme to finger=Destination |
Option 2
Trying to get rid of heat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 get | mark |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Trying | xcomp |
| 4 | rid | rid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 get | xcomp |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 heat | case |
| 6 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | gerund | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 2 | get not said to happen | to-infinitive | rid property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Making heat with quick muscle work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Making | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 work | case |
| 4 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 work | amod |
| 5 | muscle | muscle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 work | compound |
| 6 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Making | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | gerund | heat | with quick muscle work | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset heat=Product |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Turning off the heart to save energy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Turning | compound:prt |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 heart | det |
| 4 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Turning | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 save | mark |
| 6 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Turning | advcl |
| 7 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 save | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn off | gerund | the heart | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | |||||
| 2 | save | to-infinitive | energy | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Theme |
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