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title: Why can you see your breath in winter but not in summer? — Melting, freezing, boiling and condens… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why can you see your breath in winter but not in summer? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 5 «Melting, freezing, boiling and condensing» of the chemistry 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 7 · ★ · Melting, freezing, boiling and condensing

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Why can you see your breath in winter but not in summer?

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

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 5 «Melting, freezing, boiling and condensing» of the chemistry 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/chemistry/5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing:t7:1
# text = Why can you see your breath in winter but not in summer?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | can | you | your breath |  |  | winter |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer breath=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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You breathe out much less air in summer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing:t7:o1:1
# text = You breathe out much less air in summer
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	breathe	breathe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	much	much	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breathe out** | present | You | air |  |  | summer |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Summer sunlight hides your breath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing:t7:o2:1
# text = Summer sunlight hides your breath
1	Summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hides	hide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present | Summer sunlight | your breath |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Patient |

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

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In warm air the vapour stays an invisible gas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing:t7:o3:1
# text = In warm air the vapour stays an invisible gas
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	vapour	vapour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | the vapour | a invisible gas |  | warm air |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme gas=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Summer breath has no water in it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing:t7:o4:1
# text = Summer breath has no water in it
1	Summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	breath	breath	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	water	water	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	3	obl	_	_
```

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

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