--- title: Why does a picnic cool box with ice packs keep ice cream from meltin… — Heat moves: hot to cold · tree and pragmatics description: Why does a picnic cool box with ice packs keep ice cream from melting quickly? Test 10 of lesson 23 «Heat moves: hot to cold» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/23-heat-moves-hot-to-cold/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / [Heat moves: hot to cold](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/23-heat-moves-hot-to-cold/) / t10 # Test 10 · Heat moves: hot to cold Why does a picnic cool box with ice packs keep ice cream from melting quickly? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cool box · **What happens:** keep, melt · **To what, where:** ice cream This is test 10 of lesson 23 «Heat moves: hot to cold» of the physics 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/physics/23-heat-moves-hot-to-cold/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:23-heat-moves-hot-to-cold:t10:1 # text = Why does a picnic cool box with ice packs keep ice cream from melting quickly? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 picnic picnic NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 packs pack NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 cream cream NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 from from SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 melting melt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 15 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present · do-support | a cool box with ice packs | ice cream | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cream=Theme | | 2 | **melt** | gerund | a cool box with ice packs *not said here* | | | | | quickly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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} It makes the ice cream heavier and harder to melt ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:23-heat-moves-hot-to-cold:t10:o1:1 # text = It makes the ice cream heavier and harder to melt 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 cream cream NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 harder hard ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 melt melt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | the ice cream | | | | heavy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material cream=Product | | 2 | **melt** | to-infinitive | the ice cream *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It keeps heat from reaching the ice cream ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:23-heat-moves-hot-to-cold:t10:o2:1 # text = It keeps heat from reaching the ice cream 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 from from SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 reaching reach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 cream cream NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | It | heat | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme | | 2 | **reach** | gerund | | the ice cream | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent cream=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It turns heat into light ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:23-heat-moves-hot-to-cold:t10:o3:1 # text = It turns heat into light 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | It | heat | | light | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent heat=Theme into light=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} It stops the Sun from rising ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:23-heat-moves-hot-to-cold:t10:o4:1 # text = It stops the Sun from rising 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | It | the Sun | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality sun=Eventuality | | 2 | **rise** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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