--- title: Why do we put a radiator low down under a window rather than near th… — Heat moves: hot to cold · tree and pragmatics description: Why do we put a radiator low down under a window rather than near the ceiling? Test 4 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 right. --- [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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · Heat moves: hot to cold Why do we put a radiator low down under a window rather than near the ceiling? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** put · **To what, where:** radiator, window This is test 4 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:23-heat-moves-hot-to-cold:t4:1 # text = Why do we put a radiator low down under a window rather than near the ceiling? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 radiator radiator NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 low low ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 8 down down ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 9 under under ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 rather rather ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 16 cc _ _ 13 than than ADP IN _ 12 fixed _ _ 14 near near ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 ceiling ceiling NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | present · do-support | we | a radiator | | a window | | down *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent radiator=Theme under window=Destination | 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} Heat only travels downwards ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:23-heat-moves-hot-to-cold:t4:o1:1 # text = Heat only travels downwards 1 Heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 travels travel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 downwards downwards ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | present | Heat | | | | | downwards *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Warm air rises and sets the whole room's air circling ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:23-heat-moves-hot-to-cold:t4:o2:1 # text = Warm air rises and sets the whole room's air circling 1 Warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rises rise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 sets set VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 circling circling NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | present | Warm air | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **set** | present | Warm air *not said here* | the whole room's air circling | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient circling=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} It does not matter at all where in the room it is fixed up ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:23-heat-moves-hot-to-cold:t4:o3:1 # text = It does not matter at all where in the room it is fixed up 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 6 nmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | It | | | all | | in the room | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **fix up** | present · passive | the room *not said here* | room | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Radiators are too heavy for walls ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:23-heat-moves-hot-to-cold:t4:o4:1 # text = Radiators are too heavy for walls 1 Radiators radiator NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Radiators | | | | | for walls; heavy *property* | tree rules | **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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