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title: A boy in Alaska is shivering on a snowy walk. What is his body doing? — Tiredness, hunger and thirst: the body… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in Alaska is shivering on a snowy walk. What is his body doing? Test 3 of lesson 9 «Tiredness, hunger and thirst: the body's signals» of the everyday 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 · Tiredness, hunger and thirst: the body's signals

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A boy in Alaska is shivering on a snowy walk. What is his body doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, body · **What happens:** shiver, do · **To what, where:** snowy walk

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This is test 3 of lesson 9 «Tiredness, hunger and thirst: the body's signals» of the everyday 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/everyday/9-body-signals/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Alaska is shivering on a snowy walk.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:9-body-signals:t3:1
# text = A boy in Alaska is shivering on a snowy walk.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Alaska	Alaska	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	shivering	shiver	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	snowy	snowy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shiver** | present · progressive | a boy in Alaska |  |  | a snowy walk |  |  | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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:* What is his body doing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:9-body-signals:t3:2
# text = What is his body doing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · progressive | boy's body |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Losing its energy for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:9-body-signals:t3:o1:1
# text = Losing its energy for ever
1	Losing	lose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | gerund |  | its energy |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cooling itself down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:9-body-signals:t3:o2:1
# text = Cooling itself down
1	Cooling	cool	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	1	obj	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool down** | gerund |  | itself *= it* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent itself=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Getting ready to sleep in the snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:9-body-signals:t3:o3:1
# text = Getting ready to sleep in the snow
1	Getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **sleep** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the snow |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in snow=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Making heat with its muscles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:9-body-signals:t3:o4:1
# text = Making heat with its muscles
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | heat |  |  |  | with heat's muscles | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset heat=Product |

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