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title: Why might people in a northern country take vitamin D in winter? — Skin: layers, sweat, goosebumps, freck… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might people in a northern country take vitamin D in winter? Test 11 of lesson 353 «Skin: layers, sweat, goosebumps, freckles and sunburn» 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 right.
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# Test 11 · Skin: layers, sweat, goosebumps, freckles and sunburn

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Why might people in a northern country take vitamin D in winter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** people · **What happens:** take · **To what, where:** vitamin D

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This is test 11 of lesson 353 «Skin: layers, sweat, goosebumps, freckles and sunburn» 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/353-skin-layers-sweat-goosebumps-freckles-and-sunburn/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:353-skin-layers-sweat-goosebumps-freckles-and-sunburn:t11:1
# text = Why might people in a northern country take vitamin D in winter?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	vitamin	vitamin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	D	D	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | might | people in a northern country | vitamin D |  |  | winter |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent d=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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Winter food has no vitamins in it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:353-skin-layers-sweat-goosebumps-freckles-and-sunburn:t11:o1:1
# text = Winter food has no vitamins in it
1	Winter	Winter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	vitamins	vitamin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Winter food | no vitamins |  | it |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vitamin=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The winter sun is too weak for skin to make enough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:353-skin-layers-sweat-goosebumps-freckles-and-sunburn:t11:o2:1
# text = The winter sun is too weak for skin to make enough
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the winter sun |  |  |  |  | for skin; weak *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | the winter sun *not said here* | enough |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset enough=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Thick coats stop the skin from making enough sweat to keep it healthy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:353-skin-layers-sweat-goosebumps-freckles-and-sunburn:t11:o3:1
# text = Thick coats stop the skin from making enough sweat to keep it healthy
1	Thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	coats	coat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sweat	sweat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | Thick coats | the skin |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality skin=Eventuality |
| 2 | **make** | gerund | Thick coats *not said here* | enough sweat |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sweat=Product |
| 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive | Thick coats *not said here* | sweat |  |  |  | healthy *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cold kills vitamin D in the blood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:353-skin-layers-sweat-goosebumps-freckles-and-sunburn:t11:o4:1
# text = Cold kills vitamin D in the blood
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kills	kill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	vitamin	vitamin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	D	D	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | present | Cold | vitamin D |  | the blood |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent d=Theme |

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