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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Ice on ponds and cold water in winter · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the loss of heat in water. Exam question 4 of lesson 74 «Ice on ponds and cold water in winter» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Exam question 4 · Ice on ponds and cold water in winter

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the loss of heat in water.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, loss

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 74 «Ice on ponds and cold water in winter» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/medicine/74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the loss of heat in water.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the loss of heat in water |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus loss=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Water removes heat more slowly than air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:e4:o1:1
# text = Water removes heat more slowly than air
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	removes	remove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present | Water | heat |  |  |  | than air; slowly *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Water adds heat to the body in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:e4:o2:1
# text = Water adds heat to the body in winter
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	adds	add	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | Water | heat |  |  | winter | to the body | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent heat=Patient to body=Co-Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Water removes heat approximately twenty-five times faster than air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:e4:o3:1
# text = Water removes heat approximately twenty-five times faster than air
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	removes	remove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present | Water | heat |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Water and air remove heat at an identical rate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:e4:o4:1
# text = Water and air remove heat at an identical rate
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	remove	remove	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	rate	rate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present | Water and air | heat |  | a identical rate |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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