--- title: Why is panting a good way for a dog to cool down, but not much use o… — Wolves and dogs · tree and pragmatics description: Why is panting a good way for a dog to cool down, but not much use on a very humid day? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 24 «Wolves and dogs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/24-wolves-and-dogs/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Wolves and dogs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/24-wolves-and-dogs/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Wolves and dogs Why is panting a good way for a dog to cool down, but not much use on a very humid day? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** pant, cool down, not use · **To what, where:** good way This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 24 «Wolves and dogs» of the biology 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/24-wolves-and-dogs/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:24-wolves-and-dogs:t11:1 # text = Why is panting a good way for a dog to cool down, but not much use on a very humid day? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 panting pant VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 cool cool VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 12 down down ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 16 much much ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 very very ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 humid humid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pant** | present · progressive | | a good way | | | | for a dog | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic | | 2 | **cool down** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **not** **use** | infinitive | | | | | day | | vn eat-39.1 «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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It works by evaporation, and wet air slows evaporation ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:24-wolves-and-dogs:t11:o1:1 # text = It works by evaporation, and wet air slows evaporation 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 evaporation evaporation NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 slows slow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 evaporation evaporation NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | It | | | | | by evaporation | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **slow** | present | wet air | evaporation | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent evaporation=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Humid air makes dogs' tongues smaller ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:24-wolves-and-dogs:t11:o2:1 # text = Humid air makes dogs' tongues smaller 1 Humid humid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ' 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 tongues tongue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Humid air | dogs's tongues | | | | small *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tongue=Product | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Dogs stop breathing on humid days ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:24-wolves-and-dogs:t11:o3:1 # text = Dogs stop breathing on humid days 1 Dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 breathing breathe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 humid humid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | Dogs | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **breathe** | gerund | Dogs *not said here* | | | | day | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Panting only works in winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:24-wolves-and-dogs:t11:o4:1 # text = Panting only works in winter 1 Panting pant VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pant** | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **work** | present | | | | | winter | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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