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Exam question 3 · Heat and temperature: how things warm and cool

It is given that a metal rail and a wooden bench stand at the same temperature. Ascertain the reason for which the metal feels colder to the touch.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: metal rail, you, metal · What happens: give, stand, ascertain, feel · To what, where: It, same temperature, reason

This is exam question 3 of lesson 82 «Heat and temperature: how things warm and cool» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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: It is given that a metal rail and a wooden bench stand at the same temperature.

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	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 stand	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rail	det
6	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rail	compound
7	rail	rail	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stand	nsubj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 bench	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bench	det
10	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bench	amod
11	bench	bench	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rail	conj
12	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 temperature	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 temperature	det
15	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 temperature	amod
16	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stand	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	stand	present	a metal rail and a wooden bench			the same temperature			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at temperature=Location

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: Ascertain the reason for which the metal feels colder to the touch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 feels	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 metal	det
7	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 feels	nsubj
8	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl
9	colder	cold	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 feels	xcomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 touch	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 touch	det
12	touch	touch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 colder	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	feel	present	the metal					for the reason; cold property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The metal conducts heat away from the skin faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 metal	det
2	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conducts	nsubj
3	conducts	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conducts	obj
5	away	away	ADV	_	3 conducts	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 skin	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 skin	det
8	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conducts	obl
9	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 conducts	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conduct away	present	the metal	heat		the skin		away, fast property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent heat=Theme from skin=Destination

Option 2

The metal is at a lower temperature than the wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 metal	det
2	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 temperature	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 temperature	cop
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 temperature	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 temperature	det
6	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 temperature	amod
7	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	than	than	ADP	_	10 wood	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wood	det
10	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 temperature	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the metal			a lower temperature		than the wood	tree rules

Option 3

The wood produces heat of its own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wood	det
2	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 produces	nsubj
3	produces	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 produces	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 own	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 own	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 heat	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present	the wood	heat of wood's own					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Result

Option 4

The metal absorbs cold from the air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 metal	det
2	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 absorbs	nsubj
3	absorbs	absorb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 absorbs	xcomp
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 air	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 air	det
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 absorbs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	absorb	present	the metal			the air		cold property	vn learn-14-2 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from air=Source

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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