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title: On a hot sticky humid day you sweat a lot but still feel hot. Why? — Skin: layers, sweat, goosebumps, freck… · tree and pragmatics
description: On a hot sticky humid day you sweat a lot but still feel hot. Why? Test 3 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 3 · Skin: layers, sweat, goosebumps, freckles and sunburn

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On a hot sticky humid day you sweat a lot but still feel hot. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** sweat, feel · **To what, where:** lot

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* On a hot sticky humid day you sweat a lot but still feel hot.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:353-skin-layers-sweat-goosebumps-freckles-and-sunburn:t3:1
# text = On a hot sticky humid day you sweat a lot but still feel hot.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	sticky	sticky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	humid	humid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sweat	sweat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	still	still	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
14	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sweat** | present | you | a lot |  |  | day |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent lot=Theme |
| 2 | **feel** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | still | hot *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:353-skin-layers-sweat-goosebumps-freckles-and-sunburn:t3:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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You stop sweating when it is humid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:353-skin-layers-sweat-goosebumps-freckles-and-sunburn:t3:o1:1
# text = You stop sweating when it is humid
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sweating	sweat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	xcomp	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	humid	humid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sweat** | gerund | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | humid *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Humid air has no oxygen in it, so the body cannot cool itself

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:353-skin-layers-sweat-goosebumps-freckles-and-sunburn:t3:o2:1
# text = Humid air has no oxygen in it, so the body cannot cool itself
1	Humid	humid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	air	air	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	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	cool	cool	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
15	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Humid air | no oxygen |  | oxygen |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oxygen=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **cool** | can | the body | body |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent itself=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Sweat dries slowly in damp air, so it cools you less

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:353-skin-layers-sweat-goosebumps-freckles-and-sunburn:t3:o3:1
# text = Sweat dries slowly in damp air, so it cools you less
1	Sweat	sweat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dries	dry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	damp	damp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	cools	cool	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | present | Sweat |  |  | damp air |  | slowly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **cool** | present | Sweat | you |  |  |  | less *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent you=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Your sweat glands switch off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:353-skin-layers-sweat-goosebumps-freckles-and-sunburn:t3:o4:1
# text = Your sweat glands switch off
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sweat	sweat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	glands	gland	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	switch	switch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch off** | present | Your sweat glands |  |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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